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Cyndi Lauper fighting AIDS one red lipstick at a time
Cyndi Lauper shares her favorite lipstick on AM today. It's bright red and can help fight AIDS, too.
Lauper, a spokesperson for MAC AIDS Fund/Viva Glam, explains how the lipstick can help the cause, and her role in the campaign, MAC's most successful campaign, also featuring Lady Gaga.
Later today, MAC AIDS Fund and Lauper will present a $175,000 grant to God's Love We Deliver, the New York tri-state area's leading provider of nutritious, individually-tailored meals to people who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves this Thanksgiving.
CNN's Kiran Chetry and Jim Acosta asked Lauper about why she paired with MAC for this program.
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CYNDI LAUPER THE EPITOME OF CLASS AND A PURE HUMANITARIAN. THIS CNN RUN JUST SHOWS HOW SERIOUS CYNDI IS TO SAVE LIVES HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD. HER MESSAGE MAY BE SMALL TO SOME, BUT LADIES IF YOU CAN POP A LIPSTICK IN YOUR BAG EVERY NIGHT OR DAY YOU GO OUT, YOU CAN POP A FRESH CONDOM IN YOUR BAG TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
LISTEN TO CYNDI,SHE IS VERY WISE,HAVING MET HER SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVING SPOKE TO HER IN DEPTH REGARDING MY 26 YEAR FIGHT AGAINST HIV/A.I.D.S (SHE SHARED HER STORY ABOUT HER FRIEND THAT JUST HAD GONE BLIND), SHE TOLD ME TO GO GET MY EYES CHECKED I DID AND SO FAR THE DR'S SAID THINGS ARE "LOOKING" GOOD FOR ME.
ALSO, THAT NIGHT I HAD PLANNED ON KILLING MYSELF,I HAD EVERYTHING SET UP, WE HAD A MEET AND GREET IN MIAMI,FL. I EXPLAINED I LOST ALL 3 OF MY BROTHERS, 3 LOVERS TO AIDS, AND RECENTLY MY GRANDMOTHER,DAD, AND BELOVED MA ( WHICH CYNDI ALSO ENCOURAGED HER TO FIGHT AS A WOMAN AGAINST HER LUNG AND BREAST CANCER MONTHS BEFORE, SADLY MA DID'NT MAKE IT) I LOST THEM 3 ALL W/I A 2 MONTH AND 2 DAY PERIOD. THE REST OF MY CATHOLIC FAMILY HAD LONG TURNED THEIR BACKS ON ME BECAUSE I'M GAY N POZITIVE. IN A NUTSHELL I WAS DONE WITH LIFE,PERIOD.
THAT NIGHT CYNDI MADE ME LOOK INTO HER EYES AND WE SPOKE DEEP, SHE TOLD ME FOR CHRIST SAKE YOU HAVE A.I.D.S ,YOUR A SYMPTOMATIC, THE MEDS HAVEN'T KILLED YOU,YOUR HEALTHY LOOKING AND YOUR GONNA LET ALL THESE LOSSES SET YOU BACK, LET THEM MAKE YOU STRONGER !!!! SHE GRABBED MY CHIN AND SAID "KID,! (I'M 40 :), I DIGRESS, KID ! YOUR GONNA PROMISE ME YOUR NOT GONNA DO IT ! THINGS WILL GET BETTER, TRUST ME THEY WILL !
I PROMISED CYNDI I WOULDN'T, I GAVE HER MY WORD ,I'M HERE AND LIFE IS FAIRING WELL AND HOW CAN YOU LOOK CYNDI LAUPER IN THE EYES AND SAY ,NO ON LIFE !. CYNDI I LOVE AND ADORE YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE. YOU WILL BE MY SAVIOR AND IDOL FOR EVER AND EVER.
TERENCE TORRES
Thank you Cyndi for looking beautiful in my work, and thank you more for supporting such an important cause.
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