Mia Farrow Ends Hunger Strike After 12 Days

Us Magazine - May 8, 2009 12:21 PM PDT
Story photo: Mia Farrow Ends Hunger Strike After 12 DaysMia Farrow attends the premiere of "Be Kind Rewind" on February 19, 2008 in New York City.<br>Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesUs Magazine
Mia Farrow has ended her hunger strike after 12 days.

Farrow, 64, had been subsisting on a liquid diet since April 27 to raise more awareness for the Darfur humanitarian crisis.

"I have been instructed by my doctor to stop my fast immediately due to health concerns -- including possible seizures," she tells Entertainment Tonight. "I am fortunate. The women, children, and men I am fasting for do not have this option."

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"When I began this fast twelve days ago," Farrow continues, "I hoped another would take my place, and another, and another, until the expelled humanitarian agencies are readmitted and finally there can be justice and peace for the people of Darfur. Richard Branson has stepped forward and so I have ended this fast."

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Branson -- the 58-year-old British founder of Virgin Atlantic Airwaysand the Virgin record label and music store chain -- said he is "honored" to be taking over the fast for the next three days.

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"Over a year-and-a-half ago, I traveled to Darfur and was horrified by the stories that people of all ages shared with us," he said. "Now, with 13 aid organizations expelled from the country, over one million people are at grave risk. We cannot stand and watch as one million people suffer. We all need to stand up and demand that international aid is restored and that the people of Darfur are protected and given the chance to live in peace."

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  • terry
    Hungerstrikes. How far will stars take this. It's another time - no one listens to them on that level.
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 3:51 AM PDT
  • terry
    You are right Starman.
    report abuseposted May 20, 2009 3:49 AM PDT
  • dlstebbi
    Pierreandmary...So, it's Mia's fault that her ex had an affair with her adopted daughter? Incest (with a C) is between a biological relative anyway. What he did was wrong,, but by no means should Mia be put down or in any way, held responsible for what her ex and her ungrateful, digusting, adopted daughter did. Mia is and always has been a caring, unselfish, and honorable woman.
    report abuseposted May 16, 2009 8:53 AM PDT
  • TORRANCE
    IM HONESTLY SICK OF PEOPLE CALLING ANYONE WHO DOES SOMETHING HUMANE A CRAZED LEFT WING LIBERAL, LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA AND HER GARDEN , REPUBLICANS NEED TO THROW IN THE TOWEL AND ADMIT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS RIGHT AND THERE WRONG
    report abuseposted May 15, 2009 4:48 PM PDT
  • TORRANCE
    ATLEAST SHE HAS THE POWER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND IS ACTUALLY DOING IT , IT WORKS BETTER THAN UNICEF WHO POCKETS HALF THEIR DONATIONS, AND YOU ARE AN UN EDUCATED IDIOT FOR THINKING THERE IS NO HUNGER CRISIS IN DARFUR ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PROBLEMS
    report abuseposted May 15, 2009 4:45 PM PDT
  • TORRANCE
    ATLEAST SHE HAS THE POWER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND IS ACTUALLY DOING IT , IT WORKS BETTER THAN UNICEF WHO POCKETS HALF THEIR DONATIONS, AND YOU ARE AN UN EDUCATED IDIOT FOR THINKING THERE IS NO HUNGER CRISIS IN DARFUR ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PROBLEMS
    report abuseposted May 15, 2009 4:45 PM PDT
  • Faery Chick
    this is what's wrong with you people - you live in your own little box, in your little world in your pathetic existence - you LOVE to complain but have NO IDEA what's REALLY going on in the world " it's not fair"... " you say that so often - i wonder what your basis for comparison is"
    report abuseposted May 14, 2009 5:16 AM PDT
  • Faery Chick
    You don't understand what is going on in Darfur, it is been compared to Nazi Germany.Millions of people have been & continue to be displaced/killed for no good reason. This has been going on for YEARS but THE WHOLE WORLD seems to turn a blind eye! THIS is what she/ they are fasting for to try to get governments to take action and stop the killing, it's not something one or
    report abuseposted May 14, 2009 5:11 AM PDT
  • J S
    Mia is an inspiration, and why shouldn't she have money that she worked for and good fortune from taking in orphans? She became famous in the 60's when people had social consciences and weren't apathetic couch potatoes who honor and revere "American Idol" singers and drugged up actors. She carries on the tradition of beautiful, kind movie stars who care a
    report abuseposted May 12, 2009 5:56 PM PDT
  • PIERRE &MARY
    Humm, lots of things going on here huh? I give her credit, she is a humanitarian ans does not flaunt her money. She has adopted children one of which her nasty, Woody Allen had an insestuious affair, did her in emotionally. Who could deal with that ? Today he would be arrested and thrown in jail. She needed a publisist to get the word out.
    report abuseposted May 11, 2009 6:43 AM PDT
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