Roger Moore's mission in Dublin
James Bond star Roger Moore jetted into Dublin yesterday for his latest mission which was to hit the women of Ireland for cash. But, it was all in a good cause even if his guests were a little shaken and stirred by the whole event. Moore who is a UNICEF Ambassador alongside their patron Liam Neeson came to Dublin to host the annual UNICEF mothers day launch in the exclusive Conrad Hilton Hotel.
Speaking to a crowd of hundreds of middle aged women Moore was mobbed after talking in-depth about his life since getting involved with UNICEF - singing his praise for the late Audrey Hepburn. Audrey got me into the whole UNICEF situation because for me all I had was statistics without faces. What I had to do was go into the field as a member of UNICEF. So that's what I did , I signed up.
I'm proud to say I get paid. I get the sum of $1 a year. With UNICEF I've traveled to South America and El Salvador where I got the sense of death in the air half a mile from the site of the hospital I was going to, that will just tell you what we're all here for today.
Moore speech was so emotional that it got a standing ovation and following that the aging actor was mobbed by fans demanding photo's and autograph's.
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