There are obviously going to be skeptics, but Drew Carey is new to Twitter. Celebrities can get followers; Ashton Kutcher has 3 million
It was just one of those things that you felt compelled in the moment to do something
I'm a very public person, I'm a geek, and I've been on Twitter for years ... I realized this is serious, and I started to blame things on my cancer. I'm not a whiny person and I didn't want to get negative [so the site] it was a nice way for me to focus all of my anger and being upset and worrying.
If it's going the rate that it's going, it's going to come up short.
I thought it was so much fun, that I bid $25,000 ... I was in such a good mood that I raised it to $100,000.
It's going to be tough getting a million by the end of the year, and I'm worried I'm not going to make it
When I would go through my chemo treatments every two weeks, for me it felt like I had a huge support group, because when you're diagnosed with [cancer] you can feel alone
What he's saying is, 'Follow me; you're worth a dollar, and it's going to LiveStrong.'
I didn't talk to my agents about it or my account or anything. I thought, well, I could afford it, and it's a really good cause. I was really intrigued with all these people all over the Twitterverse to retweet things and follow, and raise a million bucks.
I'm going to do another version of this next year in a bigger, better way
I thought we would find a Drew who would bid $10,000 on the last day and that was it ... I certainly didn't think Drew Carey would get wind of it.