The hottest thing at the moment in Hollywood is to be green. So it is nice to hear of a star who is not only preaching the green, but actively compromising his lifestyle to reduce his carbon footprint.

Woody Harrelson, who apparently is quite the greenie, came to a morning interview 40 minutes late on Friday. He’d wanted to brush his teeth with a special organic toothbrush.

Ten minutes turned into twenty, turned into thirty, turned into 40, and finally he showed up. But no hard feeling because the rumour was that he wanted to brush his teeth… He’s a massive vegan, all natural, environmentalist and he really walks the walk, he didn’t want to use any of the plastic toothbrushes at the facility. So somebody has to go out to the health food store to get one of the all natural toothbrushs.

[Roughly transcribed from video of New Zealand’s TV3 Sunrise Entertainment reporter Nelson Aspen]

I really appreciate that Woody was willing to hold off brushing his teeth, although I’m not entirely sure the person waiting to do the interview was so pleased. Still, it’s better than mega-greenie Leo DiCaprio, who drives a hybrid car, but flies in private planes.

For those of you that aren’t familiar with organic toothbrushes, they’re not made out of wood, but they can be made from recycled materials, or recyclable plastic, or have a replacement head so you don’t waste the whole brush. I had one of these which was okay in dry weather, but with humidity the brush seems get moldy in the join between the handle and the head. Ew.

Woody is passionate about environmental causes, and I’m not sure the lost toothbrush delay wasn’t just a stunt to either delay the interview, or to raise awareness. He has previously been involved in protests and driven a bio-diesel bus for publicity.

Woody just made a great appearance in No Country For Old Men, and will co-star in the Will Ferrel comedy Semi-Pro, which is out on January 29.

Note by Celebitchy: The reporter added on the video available on the TV3 website that there were no hard feelings after Woody came 40 minutes late, and that he did the entire interview while barefoot. At least he brushed his teeth and didn’t just come with bad breath because he didn’t want to waste a plastic stick for that.

Woody Harrelson is shown brandishing a machete that he used to chop up a coconut to make drinks with at a Superbowl party on 2/3/08, thanks to Splash News. He is also shown at the SAG Awards on 1/28/08, thanks to PRPhotos.