David Beckham ‘Donates his Instagram to Ukraine’ 😲

So David Beckham has just handed over his Instagram account to help support the crisis in Ukraine. I want to say, take a bow, David Beckham. Now, celebrities and influencers and billionaires are often highly criticized for not doing enough and not paying enough tax and their social media just being all about them and yada yada. But David Beckham has stepped up, as has Elon Musk, and shown the power of being an influencer, a celebrity, or a billionaire can be to do good in the world. And it's so nice to be bringing you some good news in these hard, dark times. So what David Beckham has done— and by the way, David Beckham is a UNICEF ambassador, he has been for over 15 years. By the way, I'm a Liverpool supporter, so I got every reason to hate David Beckham, but I have to love David Beckham. So David Beckham has, uh, 71.5 million followers on Instagram, and he gave a Ukrainian doctor 24-hour handover to his entire Instagram account, which could have been at great risk to him, by the way, but he did it anyway. Um, and so there was a Ukrainian doctor working in the city of Kyiv, uh, and she updated David Beckham's Instagram stories throughout the day, um, of the conflict going on in Ukraine. So for example, um, now the doctor, uh, is, uh, Irina a child anesthesiologist and head of the regional perinatal center. So what she did all through the day was updated David Beckham's Instagram stories, um, with cramped basements full of pregnant women, uh, and new mothers, and showing the evacuations that had to happen throughout the Russian invasion. There were photographs of newborns in intensive care, etc., uh, and she really made use of having David Beckham's Instagram account And I just think, David Beckham, take a bow. I salute you. What a great thing that you did. He also encouraged people to donate throughout the day. Irina also said that she's now working 24/7 and they're probably risking their lives, but they don't think about it because they love their work. Again, you know, people like this in the world you know, need our support, need our gratitude, need us to comment on social media, to do our little bit. I don't have 71.5 million followers like David Beckham, but if everyone shared this video— I mean, my videos have been getting 50,000, 100,000, 500,000, 1 million, 1.5 million views, and it's just little old Rob Moore, the entrepreneur from Peterborough. So if you all share this video, if we all do our little bit to stand up and to speak out, then I think together we can make a difference. And I never used to think we could make a difference, or I could make a difference, unless we were a massive celebrity. So, um, here's a quote: Thanks to your donations, the oxygen generators they have received are helping newborns survive in appalling conditions. So Elon Musk gave internet to Ukraine when they're being invaded by Russia. Um, David Beckham has raised donations to buy oxygen generators so newborns can survive. And us all here, you and myself, we did a little charity raise together. We supported the cause, raised many thousands. The government matched your donation. I matched your donation. So we can do a lot of good. Okay. Now someone has said, so how will David Beckham's Instagram account end the war? Well, I'm not sure that David Beckham could end the war, but giving his Instagram account over to gain real media attention to what's really going on in Ukraine without propaganda, without censorship and mainstream media intervention, is that surely not a good positive thing to do? If you would agree, why don't you hit the share button. Social media is full of really bad news. I've had to deliver some bad news, but this is good news. But Gilbert, let me ask you this, what are you doing to help in Ukraine? I do find it somewhat ironic that people will criticise people who are helping, but what have they done themselves? I don't think David Beckham could do anything to end the war, but if he has raised many thousands or hundreds of thousands or even millions, and there are oxygen generators that are helping newborn babies survive, I would say that's a pretty positive thing. If I do a charity raise and the government matches your donation and I match your donation, all right, I'm not, I'm not in Ukraine with a gun. I haven't managed to kidnap Putin and put him in my basement and say, hey mate, I'll let you out when the war is over. But we can all do our bit, and we shouldn't underestimate the butterfly effect of a small gesture that could be huge, like someone with 71.5 million followers giving access to Ukraine for proper reporting, for to raise money for, you know, a country in crisis. Let me know what you think, by the way. Let's have a look at, um, you know, what your research is and what, what you suggest, um, we should do. Darren has said, Rob Moore, you're boring, and who cares what David Beckham has done? Give some of his money instead. That, I believe, is one of the most ridiculous comments I've seen on my social media for a little while. By the way, you can comment what you like. I will engage as long as you're not bullying, trolling, inciting violence, or breaking the law. Your opinion will not be censored by me because I'm fighting for free speech. And even if I don't agree with you, then you can comment on my social media and I won't delete your posts. But what a ridiculous attitude to say, give all of his money away. Why don't you give all of your money away, Darren? Hmm. What's more powerful, David Beckham giving $100,000 or David Beckham giving over his Instagram account for a whole day and, you know, the shocking scenes and the real thing that's going on? Because if someone on the ground is able to access David Beckham's stories, then what's really going on in the ground, not what mainstream media is showing us that they want us to see and don't want us to see. Surely that exposure is really good, and surely the massive amount of money that's raised is surely a great thing. I remember I've done raises before, by the way. I raised enough money for my sister to have a kidney operation, and I didn't give her the money. I raised the money, and I got some hate for that. Oh, you should have just given her the money. Well, if I give family members' money, does that teach them to hustle and work for themselves and generate more money? It's a bit like, oh, my kid, my kid's just come up to me and said, Rob, Daddy— my kids don't call me Rob— Daddy, I want 15 grand. Bobby says that a lot. Yeah, all right, son, there's 15 grand because I can afford it. That's the worst thing to do, getting him to go and learn and work and earn for 15 grand. And my sister, she started a GoFundMe campaign because she was at death's door And I could have given her the money easily and I didn't. I shared her GoFundMe page and she created that and we raised £15,000. I think that's a better thing to do than me just giving her the money. I really do. So I think what David Beckham has done is better than just giving the money. And these critics saying, oh, well, they should just do this and that. Well, what are you doing? Let me ask you that. Why don't you go live on social media? Why don't you share this video? I guess if I'm responding to your criticism, you're probably not going to share this video. But here's the thing, stop criticizing what everyone else is doing and start doing something yourself. I have stopped promoting— well, I can link this to business and entrepreneurship. If we're in World War III, there is no business and entrepreneurship. But I have, to the cost of my business, stopped promoting my business and talking about starting and scaling your business and becoming an entrepreneur. I have interrupted every morning my usual content to try and give more exposure, to fight against, you know, our censorship, our deplatforming, our cancel culture, our banning for speaking the truth, the weapons of misinformation. Not just weapons of mass destruction, weapons of misinformation. And every day trying to do my bit, whether it's raising money or raising awareness or us all just sharing positive messages or pushing back or holding the government to account. Um, what are you doing? That's my question to you. Do something. Just do something. Now, I will say this, I used to think— I was actually quite similar to some of these comments. I used to think, well, there's nothing that I can do and billionaires should be doing more. I did kind of used to think that, by the way. But a lot of billionaires are doing a lot. Did you see Ashton Kutcher and Mia— I don't know how you pronounce her surname— but a couple, they're raising $30 million for, you know, the, um, the crisis in Ukraine. Wow. Now, if you raise $30, I'd say wow. And often raising it is better than giving it. Why? Because you encourage other people to put their hand in their pocket. You also create more awareness, and you give them the gift of donations. So by the way, probably let's say 150 people all contributed to my sister's kidney operation, including many in my community. And if I'd have just given my sister the money, next time she'd have wanted money, what would she have thought? Oh, I'll go to Rob because he couldn't afford it, instead of hustling her way out of it. Except this time when she did the donation raise for a kidney operation, she hustled her way out of it, and I— and 100 people were given the gift of gratitude because they could support and save my sister. In your sister's life. So we can all do a bit, and don't underestimate what you could do. And instead of criticising others for what they're doing, why don't you try and do your little bit, even if your little bit is just to share this video, to share my content. I actually think there's a lot of amazing people in the world. There's a lot of people contributing and giving their time, their resources, their money, their social media accounts like David Beckham has just done. Um, yeah, so let me know what you think. Um, hit the share button. Quick— what would we call it— summary: David Beckham has handed his Instagram account over to a doctor, uh, in Ukraine, and for 24 hours she's updating his stories over and over again of all the atrocities going on, especially to— for pregnant mothers and newborn babies and, you know, new mothers. And, um, The 71.5 million followers have seen that on David Beckham's account for a day, and they've raised enough money to give oxygen generators to help newborns survive in appalling conditions. I think it's an amazing thing. Sir David Beckham, Sir David Beckham, I salute you. Good on you. Good on Ashton Kutcher. Good on all the people making a difference. Good on Elon Musk. And let's all do our bit. Even if you just share this video. Even if you do your own post on social media. Let's all do our bit, because I used to think, well, Putin's not going to listen to me and Boris Johnson's not going to listen to me. I can't do anything. Even if I donate some money, the charity is probably going to spend all the money. It's not going to go out to Ukraine. And I used to be quite negative and think these things. I don't agree with that anymore. We can all do our bit, and we shouldn't, we shouldn't silence ourselves and criticise others just because we don't think we can do anything. I believe we should stand up and speak out. Because you know the butterfly effect. The flap of a butterfly's wings can create a tornado on the other side of the world, and you and I and we together can do something. We should be making peace, not war. We should be standing against totalitarian and dictatorial regimes. We put these people in power, we should be holding them to account. We should stand up for our freedom of speech and freedom of information against cancel culture and deplatforming and the weapons of misinformation and all these things that are really going on in the world, because if we don't stand up speak out and push back? What is it? We're going to be able to say nothing, do nothing, be nothing, own nothing, and we're apparently going to be happy? And the taxes are going to go up and up and up and up and up and up and up. And we must fight it. We must fight it. Thanks for tuning in, everyone. Whether you love me or hate me, I ain't going anywhere. Remember, fear screams loudest when it's dying. I salute David Beckham for standing up for for and doing something productive and giving his 71.5 million followers to someone else, a doctor, uh, on the ground in Ukraine. Hit the share button. Thanks for tuning in. And also remember this: if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.