Kansas City Star: 'The Biggest Slick we've ever had': KC hosts, guests share excitement, tears, a game
By Joseph Hernandez
In between the wisecracks and giggles and silliness at their press conference Friday morning, the homegrown co-hosts of Big Slick Celebrity Weekend made a point to emphasize what it’s really all about.
Eric Stonestreet teared up as he recalled a moment musician Philip Bowen shared with a young Children’s Mercy patient.
“We walked into a little girl’s room last year and she clearly loved Disney and we just said, ‘What’s your favorite Disney song?’ And she said Little Mermaid,” Stonestreet said. “(Bowen) just goes right into ‘The Little Mermaid’ theme and my group just stood there as this little girl swayed along to Philip playing, and then he played another one.”
“We walked out and Philip literally crumbled to his knees and started crying because he couldn’t believe what he was able to do and witness. In that moment, he said he will never say no to coming here as long as you invite me and that happens with every one of our groups.”
The celebrity-led charity weekend is back in Kansas City and is the biggest ever. The annual fundraiser celebrates 15 years of benefiting Children’s Mercy, and this year hosts Stonestreet, Heidi Gardner, Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis assembled the largest assortment of celebrity guests in its history — 59 in total.
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