Russell Crowe has helped swell a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a charity set up to help rebuild a famous restaurant levelled in last week’s Beirut, Lebanon warehouse explosions.The Gladiator star has donated $5,000 to the cause, launched to aid construction at the damaged Le Chef, explaining he had late travel writer and chef Anthony Bourdain on his mind when he made the cash hand-out.“On behalf of Anthony Bourdain.
I thought that he would have probably done so if he was still around,” Russell wrote. “I wish you and LeChef the best and hope things can be put back together soon.”Bourdain was a big fan of the restaurant in the Lebanese capital.The Weeknd and George Clooney and his wife Amal, who was born in the city, have also dug deep
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