Every celebrity needs a cause, and apparently for Britney’s hubby K-Fed the more bizarre the cause, the better. How out there are we talking here? How about a quest to save the penny from extinction?

Yes, you read that right. Kevin Federline isn’t taking on just any old cause célèbre — like saving whales, baby seals, starving children or even the planet. He isn’t trying to fight a disease, preserve the environment or reduce reliance on oil. No, the formerly penniless Mr. Spears wants to protect those pesky little copper coins worth one cent each that take up a lot of room in your change purse.

Federline arrived in New York City's Times Square on Wednesday in a truck covered in pennies, wearing an Abraham Lincoln mask, to sign a "Save the Penny" petition against a bill in Washington, D.C., that’s trying to bid farewell to the one-cent piece for good. “What’s happening, New York!” he said when he took his turn at the mike. “We’re bringing power back to the penny. Man, I feel good about the penny!”

Federline’s signature was the first on the petition onstage with him. In an effort to promote Virgin Mobile’s “Penny Texting,” a plan offering 1,000 text messages for $9.99 a month, Britney’s husband then encouraged the audience to text him and held up a poster with a number to send messages to. He also appeared to be furiously texting himself. “Who are you texting?!” a few paparazzi shouted. “My wife!” Federline announced, grinning.

Federline said he’s always loved pennies and collected them in a big jar as a child.

Source: Foxnews

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Posted by Lawren at June 23, 2006 08:28 AM | Trackbacks (0)

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He is such a TOOL! Gawd, why can't he just go away?!

Says: Nanc' at June 23, 2006 08:32 AM

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how many people showed up for this "rally to save the penny?" not that many you say, yeah, i thought so.

funny, i saw people holding up signs behind the fox & friends cast studio wed. morning. i was wondering what the hell that was about.

Says: at June 23, 2006 10:25 AM

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