{"id":174367,"date":"2021-02-25T20:04:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174367"},"modified":"2021-02-25T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:29:11","slug":"julia-roberts-gives-courage-award-to-tireless-and-true-fauci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/julia-roberts-gives-courage-award-to-tireless-and-true-fauci\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Roberts Gives Courage Award To \u2018Tireless And True\u2019 Fauci"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjulia-roberts-gives-courage-award-to-tireless-and-true-fauci%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=174367&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pjimage-7-1200x720-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Actress Julia Roberts gushed over Dr. Anthony Fauci during a sneak peek at a gala during which she will award the\u00a0nation\u2019s top infectious disease expert with an award for courage.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts is slated to present Fauci with\u00a0The Foundation for AIDS Research\u2019s (amfAR) Award of Courage at the organization\u2019s virtual \u201cA Gala for Our Time\u201d event that will air March 4 on YouTube, according to an exclusive first look obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/julia-roberts-says-theres-no-one-more-deserving-as-she-presents-dr-tony-fauci-with-amfar-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no one more deserving,\u201d Roberts reportedly tells Fauci in the video. \u201cYou\u2019ve been tireless and true for all of us and I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you so much, Julia, those are such very kind words, I really do appreciate them,\u201d Fauci responds. \u201cComing from you, that really means a lot to me.\u201d He also went out of his way to mention the frontline workers dealing with COVID-19 patients, whom he described as the \u201cunsung heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>amfAR, which is dedicated to finding a cure for HIV, has expanded its research to study COVID-19. They present their Award of Courage to figures who distinguish themselves for their social and humanitarian work, especially regarding HIV\/AIDS. Glenn Close will also be receiving an Award of Courage, which will be given to her by singer Bette Midler.<\/p>\n<p>When Roberts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ghY1ecf7ObU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first spoke<\/a> with Fauci in May, she was apparently star-struck. Interviewing him as a part of the #PassTheMic campaign, in which celebrities handed their social media accounts over to health experts, Roberts \u201cvisibly gasped and smiled as he sat down,\u201d according to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, this is such a thrill,\u201d Roberts said when Fauci moved into frame. \u201cThis is a thrill for me because there are very few experts of anything in the world and you truly have emerged as a personal hero for me. Just to have this little corner of your time for us is such a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci has been showered with accolades since the outbreak of COVID-19. Most recently, he was awarded a $1 million Israeli prize.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-awarded-1-million-prize-for-speaking-truth-to-power-in-apparent-trump-slight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>[T]he nation\u2019s top infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci received a $1 million Israeli prize established by the late Italian Israeli philanthropist Dan David.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fauci, a leading voice in President Donald Trump\u2019s White House coronavirus task force, was honored with the Dan David Prize for his service in public health and \u201cspeaking truth to power\u201d during pandemic, NPR reported Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs the COVID-19 pandemic unraveled, (Fauci) leveraged his considerable communication skills to address people gripped by fear and anxiety and worked relentlessly to inform individuals in the United States and elsewhere about the public health measures essential for containing the pandemic\u2019s spread,\u201d the award committee said in a statement. \u201cIn addition, he has been widely praised for his courage in speaking truth to power in a highly charged political environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-raked-in-the-largest-taxpayer-funded-salary-of-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fauci Raked In The Largest Taxpayer-Funded Salary Of 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Julia Roberts gushed over Dr. Anthony Fauci during a sneak peek at a gala during which she will award the\u00a0nation\u2019s top infectious disease expert with an award for courage. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274258,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pjimage-7-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Julia Roberts Gives Courage Award To \u2018Tireless And True\u2019 Fauci","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pjimage-7-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Julia Roberts Gives Courage Award To \u2018Tireless And True\u2019 Fauci","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}