Celebrity gossip can make people feel jaded about life, about the law, about the system and about general equality. So it’s nice to cover the occasional good/awesome story about those rare celebrities who do genuinely nice things for people without any expectation of good press. Amy Adams was flying out of Detroit on Friday and she noticed that there was a soldier in uniform on the same flight. She made a quiet inquiry and switched seats with him, so the soldier got her first-class seat and she sat back in coach. She comes from a military family, you know. She grew up on military bases and such. And she wasn’t even trying to get press for this – an ESPN journalist was on the same flight and the ESPN person “outed” Amy’s random act of awesomeness.
If you thought you couldn’t love Amy Adams more, wait until you hear about this. The Oscar nominee was at the airport in Detroit on Friday when she spotted a soldier in uniform at her gate and then arranged to give her first class seat to the man, who had been ticketed in coach.
Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN’s Numbers Never Lie, was also on the flight and Tweeted about what happened next.
“Just saw actress Amy Adams do something incredibly classy,” she wrote. “She gave her 1st class seat to an American soldier. I’m an even bigger fan now.”
“I don’t think he knows she did it,” she added. “As I was getting seated, I saw the flight attendant guide the soldier to Ms. Adams’ seat. She was no longer in it, but it was pretty clear that she’d given up her seat for him,” Hill told ABC News. “I was incredibly impressed.”
Hill revealed that Adams, 39, whose father was in the U.S. military, briefly chatted to the soldier by the cockpit and then went back to her seat in coach.
“[She] did it so quietly and quickly that it speaks to her character,” Hill said. “And somebody in coach just got a helluva seatmate.”
A cameraman from Inside Edition apparently waited for the flight to land in LA and they approached Amy after she got off the flight. She told Inside Edition: “I didn’t do it for attention for myself. I did it for attention for the troops.” So nice. I don’t really have anything else to say about this other than: what a great story, and Amy seems like a lovely person.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She didn’t want press yet a cameraman was waiting at the gate?
The ESPN reporter tweeted before the flight took off, I think Inside Edition just rushed to LAX to get Amy’s statement.
Someone did something nice, ok?
+1.
Plus a million.
Tracy
It was an honest question. No need to snark about, ok?
@FLORC, not an ounce of snark in my post.
What a class act.
+1
+2
+3! She seems so grounded and truly sweet.
+4
Not to take away from her act of kindness, but all I can focus on is how jacked her arm looks in that last pic! Lol. Any act of genuine love and kindness makes me feel that tingling/burning sensation in my nose that let’s me know I could cry! What a nice act from the heart! I think if more celebs were open about the genuine acts of kindness, maybe that would rub off on the fans to do the same, no? There’s plenty of ppl out there who look to and copy others, why not make being a good person cool too?!
If they were “more open” about it, they would be accused of attention seeking, as you can see above. Besides, I think part of being genuine is that you’re doing it for the other person, not for yourself, so calling attention takes away from that. But I get your point about good role models.
@goodnamesalltaken(love that name)
I know you can’t win with the public. I like to think if I was in that position, just to make it that far would be an accomplishment. So if me trying to shift the trend ended up ruining me, you know what? Oh well. Easier said then done, but you never know.
@nicolette
I believe there’s enough ppl out there who are tired of the way things are, just like us. If more genuine ppl put themselves out there to be a leader, change will come.
Exactly, why not. So much bad behavior is held up as the example now, and the bar has been set low by so many celebs. This is a lovely example of a nice person doing something nice for someone else. Celebs have the power to pay it forward the way most of us can’t, and they should take advantage of that. But only if it’s genuine and not yet another “look at me and how wonderful I am” narcissistic moment.
Lovely woman, inside and out.
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She “quietly” gave up her seat, and I’ve seen over 20 articles about it this morning.
…because a journalist on her flight tweeted about it before takeoff, leading to the camera waiting for her, and the outlets that have picked up the story. Do you think she knew someone from ESPN was sitting on the plane?
And interestingly, every article I’ve seen has mentioned Jemele Hill’s crappy ESPN2 vehicle in articles about this. If anyone was trying to work the press in their favor, it was Hill.
Front page news worldwide for a discrete seat change. One tweet leads to Inside Editon camera crew. As was mentioned on Dlisted, wait to crank it up at awards time. U wasted the press here. Not buying sorry.
For the last time, Amy Adams isn’t the one who blasted this all over social media or solicited attention from the media. In addition, it’s naive to suggest that Inside Edition (or E!, or TMZ) doesn’t have a camera crew at or near LAX at all times for precisely these types of “exclusives” that they pick up on via Twitter, Instagram, tip lines, etc.
Save the bile for Jemele Hill.
Someone needs to change their screen name to GED Gossip.
Plus, its not even “awards season” right now. Its still June….not November.
I’m buying it, because it was leaked by the press on the plane who observed it and tweeted it immediately. It’s not like Amy approached the reporter and said hey, tweet this please! Amy is from a military family, so this makes all the more sense. A nice gesture by a sweet person.
Oh for f’s sake, quit whining. It was an act of kindness regardless, and that soldier enjoyed a first-class seat. @allheavens… that cracked me up!
You see articles about it bc a journalist from ESPN— who didn’t know her at all—-was tweeting about it to all her followers. The person she got put next to in Coach is also a blogger and was tweeting about how they “talked for hours” on the flight.
She’s wearing no makeup in any of the pics and was traveling alone on her way back from the Batman vs. superman set. I don’t think she was seeking attention.
I think she’s ::getting:: attention now bc she’s generally already beloved for her talent and this was a really nice thing to do.
if she wanted it to be quiet, she could have just denied it to the camera crews.
period
So she should have lied? That’s a great solution. Are you a politician by any chance?
Jesus, you’re jaded.
Yuck. That’s a really strange reaction.
Yeh, lying about it when there were a handful of press on the plane to witness it would have made a whole lot of sense. Smh.
no good deed goes unpunished, it seems.
To me, that’s a ridiculous thing for you to even think. After all the people who knew about the gesture after the journalist’s tweet, do you honestly think that her denying it would bring her LESS attention?? If anything, people would be talking about her even more, trying to figure out why she would deny doing such a nice thing.
Amy Adams always comes across as nice but kind of naive. Anyone could have told her that this would only bring her attention not the troops. The media only cares about stars. So the lead story will be Wonderful Amy instead of Support your troops. She should have said no comment to the reporter.
I took her comment to mean just that, to bring attention to the troops and not her. You are right, that did not happen.
@ T.C., the woman made an incredibly nice gesture. Nitpicking r on how she dealt with the press afterwards doesn’t make it any less thoughtful or genuine.
T.C., I agree with you to a certain extent. “Support Our Troops” has been some sad cliche that people slap on their bumpers and then don’t think anything else about – as evident by the current state of our Military and the VA fiasco. Yes, unfortunately, people really only care about the celebrity in this story. If an everyday person had done this, you wouldn’t be hearing about it. That said, I really do think it was a genuine gesture on Amy’s behalf (especially considering her background) and I applaud her for using her celebrity for something good – particularly in this difficult time for the military and veterans.
I really wish that reporter would stop reporting every little good thing celebs do because it’s annoying. Common folks do good deeds every day, and as a commoner, I would be annoyed if someone reported it.
It’s click bait for them and they get credit for breaking an “exclusive” story.
I disagree, it’s refreshing to hear amongst the usual narcissistic celebrity stories, let alone all the terrible stories in the news. I could read about good hearted people and acts of kindness all day.
So only negative celebrity stories should be reported on?
I like her, she seems like such a sweetheart.
Class act.
I love Amy Adams – she seems like the rare A-list actor who is genuinely classy inside and out (think back to her handling the press backstage at the SAGs after everyone’s BFF, J-Law, and Bradley Cooper began acting like petulant, inebriated children).
That said, she didn’t do this for publicity – Jemele Hill, the lousy ESPN personality and former sideline reporter, is the one who put this on blast on Twitter and her name and ESPN show have been attached to every article I’ve seen about this (including the excerpted blurb above).
I say, let Amy and her act of kindness be, and leave Jemele Hill flailing in the obscurity of ESPN2. Please.
“I love Amy Adams – she seems like the rare A-list actor who is genuinely classy inside and out (think back to her handling the press backstage at the SAGs after everyone’s BFF, J-Law, and Bradley Cooper began acting like petulant, inebriated children).”
Yes to this. I was so impressed with how classy and professional she held herself.
I agree. Amy is a class act and the reporter is rude for putting this on blast and seems more like she was the one wanting attention. Also passengers in the plane posted pics of themselves with Amy in coach.
Comments saying she should have lied or said “no comment” when asked about it make me sad. Lying isn’t great and just creates more questions and attention towards her. But also, that soldier was probably pretty happy in that seat. I don’t know where he was coming from or where he was going but it really should be about him. It was one person doing something nice for another person. I bet if we asked him what he thought of the gesture, he’d say it was great. Isn’t that what matters? It’s a shame we have to find a way to tear her down for this and of course, lose the kindness in the action-which is what people have the nerve to complain is happening. You’re letting it happen.
I totally agree. Why should she lie about doing something nice, as if it was shameful?
And even in the worst of scenarios, at least she’s doing something nice for attention, which is much better than the cultural appropiation, defense of bigots and use of slurs we see from other celebrities.
Yesterday I helped an elderly person with their bags at a busy street corner. Much to my surprise, when I got to the other side of the street Inside Edition was not there waiting to talk to me about it. No one liked me any more (or less) than they did prior to the incident.
That’s a complete false equivalency, because I presume you are not a public figure. You may as well get equally upset over the, “Stars – They’re Just Like Us!” features in print publications because hey, you do the same stuff every day, but no one is taking your picture.
And Amy Adams didn’t seek publicity for this, so I don’t understand why you seem to be taking the position that this was as much an act of kindness as it was self-promotion.
Adams did something nice. Someone who recognized Adams (and didn’t mind garnering a little publicity for herself) blasted it all over Twitter. An entertainment/news show, which likely always has a camera crew at or nearby LAX, swarmed when the plane landed. Adams dealt with the media as professionally as she could have been expected.
And now you are telling people about it…do you see the incredible irony?
I try to do things every day to help others and I never mention it to anyone else. Don’t be angry that someone else got attention and you didn’t for your good dead. Be happy in your soul that you sent good out into the world and made a difference. That was a very kind and wonderful thing you did yesterday. 🙂
and I put together care packages for the needy today. Don’t give a tinker’s damn who knows or doesn’t know about it. I’m GLAD Amy Adams got attention for this, even if she didn’t intend to. Maybe now more people will step up to the plate and start treating others with kindness. Some of you could start right here and now.
I’m sure the elderly person who you helped liked you more after your gesture. Are you bitter because the whole of society didn’t band together to give you a trophy afterward? Why did you do the nice gesture if not for the simple sake of doing something nice? I don’t know about you, but I don’t do nice things for others because I want people to “like” me more.
Not to mention, flying coach sucks. It’s what, a 4-5 hour flight? You juggled a couple bags for 60 seconds. Your medal will be forthcoming.
I clicked on this because I click on them all but I feel sorry for her. This type of story is exactly what she wanted to avoid. Now she’s damned if she does (make a statement looks to be glory-seeking) damned if she doesn’t (how dare she not talk to press – so rude!)
I wish those impressed flight mates had kept this to themselves.
This exactly. This is why I never, ever, ever want to be famous.
Wow. Some of the comments are really surprising me. Amy did a nice gesture that’s all.
I agree…I don’t understand how some people can twist this around and make Amy some kind of bad person for doing a nice thing! Crazy!
Nah, don’t mind them, they are just jealous, they didn’t get that first-class seat! 😉
Amy Adams is awesome. And if Jemele Hill had any brains or an ounce of class, she would’ve just STFU, or at least waited until AFTER the flight landed in LA to tweet her scoop. A-hole.
I agree, it’s very classy, but what I’m thinking is this: if someone gave their First Class seat to a soldier, then surely someone could give their First Class seat to a mom with a baby, and yet another person could give up theirs to an elderly man. Why have First Class and Coach, why not just make comfortable seating and stop creating social classes on the plane?
because its simply a way for the company to make more money. Because there are people out there who willing to pay extra for the “nice” seats.
I agree.
Because that’s how businesses make their money. That said – it’s a good business model. It’s something Southwest has been somewhat successful with. 🙂
Communist alert!
Because people can afford it? Because we like to enjoy the fruits of our labor? Heck, perhaps I should give up my nice home and cars and let people squat on my property.
I have four kids, and I’ve traveled with them all by my lonesome. When I travel with kids, I sometimes fly coach. It bites. It’s better in first class, but I would never assume I’m entitled to first class of I didn’t feel like forking out the $ for it on that leg.
I’ve actually seen someone give up their first class seat to a mother with a baby! On another flight, a woman in first class gave her seat to an overweight woman in coach who was told she’d have to buy another ticket since she couldn’t get the armrest down.
I fly pretty frequently, and over the years, I’ve seen a number of small acts of kindness in the air.
She seems to be a truly lovely person, and I wasn’t surprised to hear about her being kind.
I am disappointed in the ESPN person for making such a big deal out of something she probably wanted to do quietly.
I am flabbergasted that there are negative reactions to this story…it’s a long flight and you know what? It was an incredibly kind thing to do and I promise you that the soldier felt like a million bucks and is now her biggest fan. Ugh.
Me too. When I heard about it yesterday, I thought it was such a classy cool thing to do. And why are people being negative here about the ESPN journalist who posted it? I would’ve posted it on Twitter if I had seen it. As a journalist, it’s very hard to turn off the need to report something as you see it. You see something cool and you want to share it with your followers & bring attention to it. I get her not doing it for attention or press, but it’s hard to do it quietly if you’re famous and people recognize you, and maybe more kind acts should get more attention than bad, idiotic behavior that some celebrities exhibit.
Thank you for pointing this out. I’m not understanding the hate for Jenele Hill from some on this board. Her job is to drum up publicity for ESPN so she can’t be blamed for doing her job. Plus she seemed genuinely impressed by Amy’s classy gesture. What Jemele did doesn’t take away from what Amy did which is the main point of this article.
Amy is a class act for what she did, plain and simple.
I love Amy and I do not think those who think she did this publicity know anything about her. She never does anything for atention, every time we hear about her she is doing promotion for her films.
Denying her actions to the camera crew once they have already been confirmed is ridiculous. If she had said no comment, then people would have accused her of being rude and ask why she didn’t take the opportunity to say something about the troops. It’s a lose, lose for Ms. Adams no matter what she does.
There is a BIG difference between being jaded and being a misanthrope and some people in this thread have fallen face first into the latter category.
But haters are gonna hate when they hate because that’s what they do and it’s their raison d’être.
Seriously. Some of the comments here are real head-scratchers. How could you have anything mean to say about this? She did a nice thing, which someone else, not her, publicized, and when asked, she tried to brush it off. What’s negative about that? Either emulate it or ignore it, but surely you can’t criticize it.
She probably also had zero idea that the story had become a “thing” she’d be hounded over by the time the flight landed.
Back in the day, a plane was a place where what happened stayed there until the flight actually landed and people could get to a payphone, home or hotel phone. Not anymore! But, in my opinion, her gesture was genuine and kind just the same. Amy is from a military family, and, being the wife of a Marine I can tell you that “military does for military”. She’s not gunning for an oscar nod nor is she your typical famewho*e. Good for her, and good for the soldier.
Really? People are considering this as attention seeking????? Attention seeking is what KK and Taylor Swift and others do, parading their clothes around the block, not this… this was a nice gesture…. Or rich famous people can’t be nice people, just to fit your bill????
Well, people do see themselves in others…
*take it as you wish*
People going after the ESPN reporter are dead on. And to boot, she could actually get the soldier in trouble. There are rules about this if he was flying on orders (which he probably was if he was in uniform–I am presuming he was and that’s how they knew his profession). If people care to dig around for the info which hopefully they won’t but still.
She’s a great talent already beloved for her talent who has 5 Oscar Noms in like 7 years. She’s extremely successful and, by all accounts, a kind person who is just super good at her job. She didn’t grow up rich or privileged. Didn’t have famous parents. She shows up, does her work and goes home. She’s one of the only celebs that doesn’t annoy me on a general basis. She had nothing and now has a lot of success bc she actually worked for it. I’ll always love her.
So nice to see an actress who supports our troops and doesn’t think of herself first. And this post is right next to Shia LeBeouf’s. Shia, lessons on class, maybe?
Really celebrity gossip really makes people jaded? The blogs make me jaded but the celebrities don’t.
You really see the viciousness of someone people at these blogs
I’ve never paid attention to her before-I can’t name a single movie or TV show she’s been in-but I am now a fan. Classy woman. I’ll make a point of checking her on IMDB and watching some of her work.