Russell Crowe involves the rescue for his crow namesake

Birds of a feather flock in combination, as they are saying.

Russell Crowe has stored the day for his plumed namesake: a crow named Russell.

The 58-year-old Oscar winner reportedly forked over $600 for surgical operation to regard a fairly chicken eye an infection. The crow’s British proprietor raised greater than $2,700 in general for the unwell birdie.

“A Christmas Miracle took place as of late as Russell Crow was once given superb improve via an overly well-known actor with an overly identical title,” Helen Motteram crowed on Fb. “I in truth couldn’t imagine it as I spread out my emails as of late and [saw] his marketing campaign! It’s fantastic.”

She later showed Russell the crow is at the mend following Thursday’s process.

“We in truth are so thankful for all of the love and improve we’ve won. Beneficiant donations in the sort of laborious time. I’m endlessly grateful and utterly numb with the feelings I’m going via,” Motteram wrote on Fb, emphasizing Russell Crow — the only with wings — is “thankful.”

“I am hoping I will be able to go back the choose to each unmarried considered one of you. We’re actually blessed to be surrounded via such superb buddies, circle of relatives and connections,” she added.

The feathery pal isn’t any stranger to Crowe, who tweeted his appreciation again in 2017. “Haha cool, what a pleasing girl Helen is to appear after the deficient blighter,” he wrote, whilst additionally suggesting his namesake pay attention to songs from his musical undertaking, “The Indoor Lawn Birthday celebration.”

This isn’t the primary time the actor has been celebrated for the sort of grand gesture. Previous this 12 months, a British couple spotted the famous person donated cash to avoid wasting their cherished book place — to the song of just about $6,000.

“We checked the title, and I kind of was once like, ‘Russell Ira Crowe?’” retailer co-owner Leanne Fridd advised CBS Information. “And Dan was once like, ‘It’s Russell Crowe!’ And I used to be like, ‘No, it might probably’t be Russell Crowe.’”

In 2020, the “Gladiator” famous person donated $5,000 to rebuild a destroyed Beirut eating place within the title of Anthony Bourdain. He claimed the overdue culinary gourmand, who adored the eatery, “would have more than likely carried out so if he was once nonetheless round.”