Saturday October 17, 2009 2:02 pm
Drew Carey to Pay $1M for New Twitter Account
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Gossip, Internet,
Only in Burbank. The Price is Right host Drew Carey took to Twitter after a Seattle Sounders win on October 3 (I know, I know, who? Evidently, they’re a soccer team…and evidently, Carey’s part owner) to share his joy, whereupon he discovered that the Twitter name @Drew was being auctioned off.
It was being auctioned off by Drew Olanoff, a blogger who has battled cancer. He got the idea to auction off his username, with proceeds to be sent to the LiveStrong Foundation. “I thought it was so much fun that I bid $25,000,” Carey explained to CNN. “I was in such a good mood that I raised it to $100,000.”
Hear that, soccer fans? If you want something from Drew Carey, catch him about ten minutes after the Sounders win.
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During an interview, Carey upped his bid from $100,000 to $1 million - a move most would consider to be very bad business (in fact, I’m not even sure eBay will let you up your own bid like that), but I guess it’s all for charity. However, he’ll only give the money to the LiveStrong foundation if he gets one million followers on his new Twitter account by the end of the year.
See, there’s always a catch. Carey’s current @DrewFromTV Twitter account has a paltry 76,000 followers.
(FYI - You can also follow TV Envy on Twitter.)
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