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Kermit the Frog takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in the nude
Even the Muppets are getting in on the madly viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge—and one of them has set a record of sorts by being the first to do so fully naked.
That's no other than Kermit the Frog, who did so from a hot sticky swamp - after World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon challenged him to get drenched in freezing cold water.
He said he had had 10 bags of ice delivered to the swamp so they could melt into several gallons of freezing cold water.
"Not only am I ready and willing to accept this challenge, I am to my knowledge the first to do it absolutely naked," he said.
Although Kermit said being drenched with cold water could make him dormant and his heart stop, he took the challenge—and survived.
"No problem, I'm okay ... sheesh," he said.
Kermit also passed on the challenge to his "Muppets Most Wanted" co-stars Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell.
On its website, the ALS Association said it has has received $31.5 million in donations from July 29 to Aug. 20, up from P1.9 million in the same period last year.
"The ALS Association’s mission includes providing care services to assist people with ALS and their families through a network of chapters working in communities across the nation and a global research program focused on the discovery of treatments and eventually a cure for the disease. In addition, The Association’s public policy efforts empower people to advance public policies in our nation’s Capital that respond to the needs of people with ALS," the group said on its website.
The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death, robbing the brain of the ability to control muscle movement. Patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News
