The “Real Housewives of OKC” lady brought Danny Glover to OKC for a fundraiser…

This past weekend, Hollywood actor and registered weirdo Danny Glover visited Oklahoma City to promote a strange movie, tour local tornado damage and headline a fundraiser for tornado relief.

Because the story involved two things the local media craves – a name celebrity and disaster photo ops – they went out of their way to cover and promote Glover’s visit. Here’s a small sampling of all the local TV news coverage:

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"The State's Most Trusted News" also got in on the action. They plagiarized text from the Channel 9 website while hat-tipping the story on the KOKH website:

First of all, thanks to Mr. Glover for taking the time to tour and visit the affected areas. It’s a nice gesture and we really do appreciate it.

That being said, what’s up with the “California Celebrities Disaster Relief Fund?” That’s a strange name. Usually when celebrities are involved with a fundraiser for a recent disaster, they donate the proceeds to an existing charity like the Red Cross, United Way or their own non-profit foundation. And if they do for some reason create a fund, they certainly don’t name it the “California Celebrities Disaster Relief Fund?" They'd name it "Project Hope" or "We Care" or something like that. “California Celebrities Disaster Relief Fund"sounds so suspicious that you’d think a Nigerian prince or Annette Colbert-Latham – the mastermind behind the “Real Housewives of Oklahoma City” – came up with it.

Oh wait. Annette Colbert-Latham did apparently come up with it. In fact, Danny Glover's entire visit was planned and orchestrated by her. Here’s the invite she posted on her Facebook page. Prepare to be shocked:

First of all, who has a VIP dinner on a Sunday night? Second, you may have missed the crazy part. I'll highlight it:

Yes, $500 to have a “gourmet three course meal” at bankrupt Gallardia with Danny Glover. If that seems excessive, don't worry, a "portion"of the proceeds benefit the “California Celebrities Disaster Relief Fund." Nothing suspicious about that. It seems totally genuine and legitimate, especially when you check out the Facebook comment Colbert-Latham left when she posted the invitation:

Well, that's interesting. Apparently Mr. Glover's visit was intended to help out the "Housewives of Oklahoma City?" I wonder what that means? Could it imply that the real purpose of the fundraiser was to raise money for that joke of a show peddled last June???

Of course, we wouldn't know the answer to that. Instead of investigating that connection, our local media played along and helped promote another one of Colbert-Latham's events. They just heard the words "Danny Glover" and "Tour Tornado Damage," and fled to the scene with cameras at hand. They didn't check sources or do any background research. As they say, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I must work in the Oklahoma City news media.

If it's not obvious by looking at the invite, this whole thing has a fishy smell to it. Here are some thoughts / questions:

• I did dome research and couldn't find a thing about the "California Celebrities Oklahoma Disaster Relief Fund." I checked non-profit databases, performed some Google searches, etc., and nothing came up. I guess it could exist, just like Bravo really could be interested in bringing a Real Housewives franchise to Oklahoma City.

• I’d be interested to know how much money was raised at the event, and what portion of the proceeds went to help tornado victims. Also, if only a portion went to the charity, how much went did Annette Colbert-Latham pocket. I'm sure we'll find out eventually. (Yeah right)

• There are a bunch of pics from the event posted on Facebook. Attendance looks sparse, probably because it was held on a Sunday night, cost $500 dollars, and was headlined by Danny Glover. If you were to make a list of 1,000 celebrities that you'd like to meet in person, would Danny Glover make the cut? I doubt it.

In all fairness, this event could be legitimate. I'm just bringing up the red flags and issues that our media failed to report. Also, I expect Anne-Colbert Latham to send me another email like the one she sent after our RHOKC expose:

That's not nearly as fun as the Street Outlaws hate mail I receive.

Anyway, I'll report more on this story when/ if it becomes available. Stay with The Lost Ogle. We'll keep you advised.