Akshay Kumar's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Turns 11 Times Painful!
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oi-Girija
By Girija Narayan
Akshay
Kumar,
who
is
in
Cape
Town
shooting
Life
Ok's
dance
reality
show
Dare
To
Dance
accepeted
the
ALS
Ice
Bucket
Challenge
from
Riteish
Deshmukh.
But
the
original
Khiladi
gave
a
twist
to
it
by
asking
the
11
contestants
from
the
show
to
throw
one
bucket
of
ice
water
each
on
him.
"I
am
in
Cape
Town
right
now
and
the
temperature
is
approximately
8
degrees.
I
am
hosting
‘Dare
To
Dance'
here
and
I
have
11
contestants
with
me
here.
My
friend
Riteish
Deshmukh
has
dared
me
to
take
up
the
ALS
Ice
Bucket
Challenge.
And
I
am
ready
to
do
it," said
Akshay
in
the
video.
Akshay
further
nominated
his
wife
Twinkle
Khanna,
Ashwini
Yardi,
Salman
Khan
and
Johny
Lever
for
the
challenge.
"I
had
just
asked
one
contestant
to
help
me,
and
the
other
10
also
came
along
to
help
because
we
Indians
are
always
eager
to
help
others.
Also
I
want
to
tell
you
guys
that
I
am
using
sea
water
because
I
don't
want
to
waste
fresh
water.
I
want
to
nominate
my
wife
Twinkle
Khanna,
my
friend
Ashwini
Yardi,
Salman
Khan
and
Johny
Lever.
I
dare
them
to
take
the
ALS
Ice
Bucket
Challenge.
It's
for
a
good
cause," he
also
added.