{"id":22475,"date":"2014-08-17T22:08:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T14:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=22475"},"modified":"2014-08-17T22:08:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T14:08:37","slug":"bon-jovi-takes-icy-shower-for-good-cause-christie-kraft-do-the-honours-in-als-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/17\/bon-jovi-takes-icy-shower-for-good-cause-christie-kraft-do-the-honours-in-als-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon Jovi takes icy shower for good cause; Christie, Kraft do the honours in ALS fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o3h0_x-hqkI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jon Bon Jovi isn&#8217;t averse to taking ice cold showers &#8212; at least when it&#8217;s for a good cause.<\/p>\n<p>The rocker accepted the Ice Bucket Challenge to benefit the ALS Foundation in the fight against Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p>And fellow New Jersey native, Gov. Chris Christie, along with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft did the honours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: <a title=\"Bill Gates answers Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s ALS Ice Bucket challenge\" href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/16\/bill-gates-answers-mark-zuckerbergs-als-ice-bucket-challenge\/\">Bill Gates answers Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dressed in a white T-shirt and dark shorts, Bon Jovi stood in a grassy field and braced himself. Christie and Kraft stepped up, tilted a large bucket above his head and let the icy waters flow. Everyone came away delighted, even the sopping wet rock star.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the fundraiser&#8217;s protocol, Bon Jovi nominated three more people to take the challenge or donate $100.<\/p>\n<p>Christie posted the entire videotaped performance on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s video courtesy of Cercle News on Youtube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Bon Jovi isn&#8217;t averse to taking ice cold showers &#8212; at least when it&#8217;s for a good cause. The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,2,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-entertainment","category-videos","post_format-post-format-video","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}