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American Gods Author Neil Gaiman Will Perform Reading Of Cheesecake Factory Menu If Fans Donate Half-Million Dollars To Refugees

For the last several days, we've been avoiding writing a clickbait news story about American Gods author Neil Gaiman potentially reading the menu from The Cheesecake Factory for charity, while watching our colleagues in the entertainment media fall one by one like dominoes (if dominoes came with intrusive pop-up ads that freeze your web browser). But just two days into one of the slowest Memorial Day news weekends in recent memory, we can hold out no longer.

The whole thing started when author Sara Benincasa tweeted:

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/865707012104962048

Gaiman agreed:

And his chosen charity is UNHCR, the UN organization for refugees of which Gaiman is an official ambassador. The organization has even gotten in on the action:

In case you're wondering, Gaiman knows how silly this whole thing is, and doesn't mind being silly, as long as it's for a good cause:

The campaign is going well, though it still has a long way to go:

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/868547613678632960

And Benincasa points out how your donations can make a difference:

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/868650696840630272

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/868651942028861440

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/868653230879678465

The tally is over $65,000 as of press time. If you want to contribute, either because you want to help refugees, or because you legitimately for some reason want to see Gaiman read a really long restaurant menu, head over to Crowdrise to chip in.

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