{"id":3528,"date":"2013-05-20T11:12:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T17:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tinseltalk\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2013-05-20T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T18:16:25","slug":"golden-star-hangover-star-zach-galifianakis-pays-rent-for-homeless-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tinseltalk\/2013\/05\/golden-star-hangover-star-zach-galifianakis-pays-rent-for-homeless-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Star: ‘Hangover’ Star Zach Galifianakis Pays Rent for Homeless Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s one star who didn\u2019t forget his friends.<\/p>\n

When the stars of the comedy Hangover III<\/em> take to the red carpet for the glamorous premiere, comedian Zach Galifianakis will have an unusual Hollywood date: A formerly homeless 87-year old laundry woman who Galifianakis befriended before he became famous.<\/p>\n

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ANTHONY TAAFE\/COLEMAN-RAYNER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elizabeth \u201cMimi\u201d Haist was homeless, surviving off tips in the laundromat that Galifianakis used when he was a nobody. She alternated sleeping on friends\u2019 couches.<\/p>\n

Now that the funnyman has fame and a sizable income, he pays her rent.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

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Zach Galifianakis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zach Galifianakis has provided Mimi with a one bedroom apartment for two years. He\u2019s even taken her to premieres before. The New York Daily News\u00a0reports:\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAll the fans were taking photos and I waved at them, I said, \u2018They don\u2019t know who I am!\u2019 \u201d said Haist of her prior premiere experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfterwards, they have a party at somewhere close by and you meet the stars. I drink lemon drop martinis with Grey Goose vodka.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haist first met Galifianakis in 1994, when the then-unknown comic was a newcomer to Los Angeles trying to get his big break. He moved into an apartment around the corner and was soon a regular visitor to Fox Laundry, where she volunteered \u2014 surviving off tips from customers.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood star stopped coming after the success of the first \u201cHangover\u201d movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe he has his own washer and dryer now,\u201d Haist said.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, the funnyman discovered that Haist \u2014 who was married earlier in life but has been on her own for the past 30 years \u2014 was homeless. He swooped in and found her a one-bed, one-bath apartment and started covering her rent and utilities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a sweet story. Good on Zach Galifianakis. He\u2019s our Golden Star of the week.<\/p>\n

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Read more at New York Daily News.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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