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Both faced hard times as children, both triumphed over adversity to become celebrities. Now the two have come together to help mixed-race Korean children. American football star Hines Ward has invited the star of a new TV drama for ABC primetime Moon Bloodgood to help.
Andrew Lee, the lawyer who handles WardĄ¯s PR, says Ward founded his own organization to help children of mixed race in the U.S. and has invited eight children of partial Korean heritage to Pennsylvania on Dec. 3. Bloodgood and her Korean mother were invited and have accepted. They will take in a home game between WardĄ¯s team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the meeting.
Moon Bloodgood -- who plays the role of the girlfriend of an African American detective in the upcoming 13-part primetime show that will air on ABC starting Nov. 15 -- reportedly sent an e-mail to the footballer saying she wanted to help children of mixed race, which became the impetus for the meet. Ward wrote back he would warmly welcome her assistance and invited her and her mother to Pittsburgh. Bloodgood says the concrete details of how she will be helping will be worked out soon.
The meeting between the two stars has created some advance buzz in the Korean American community. The two were born to Korean mothers and American fathers, and after struggling through years of adversity found their way to stardom due to the self-sacrifice and support of their mothers. The duo have made their heritage a matter of public knowledge and are becoming shinning role models for the Korean community.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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