Alexander Armstrong, 49, joined the likes of Dan Walker, Shirley Ballas and Ed Balls to climb Kilimanjaro in a bid to raise money for Comic Relief. The latter has been raising money for a number of charities who help people in need across the world since 1985. This year, after much blood, sweat and tears, Alexander and his team managed to raise £2.7 million. The Pointless host shared a picture of himself and his team to his Twitter page following their impressive efforts.
What our personal wealth is seems like a red herring to me. But thank you
Alexander Armstrong
But one Twitter user questioned the team’s intentions and said he felt “uneasy” about the situation.
The Twitter user wrote: “Congratulations. But I do feel a bit uneasy about wealthy people doing something that 99 per cent of the population will never be able to do and asking those people who are less wealthy than them to give more money.
“Why not a celeb and a bunch of Joe public?”(sic)
Hitting back, Alexander explained: “It all boils down to what is the most effective way of raising money Tony.
“The relevant issue is how many people we collectively inspired to donate.
“We raised £2.7M so I guess it was a lot of people. What
