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After A GoFundMe For James Van Der Beek's Family Drew Criticism, One Of His Friends Defended It
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"Thousands of people around the world face this exact situation every day and deal with the struggle. They don’t get $2.5 million. It’s just weird," one user said of the GoFundMe. I'm a Senior Staff Writer at BuzzFeed covering pop culture, entertainment, and politics. Last December, the actor auctioned off a number of pieces of memorabilia "to help with the financial cost of fighting cancer."