Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Djimon Strikes Back

Posted by Bossip Staff

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Kimora’s boo Djimon recently spoke at a Senate hearing to fight for runaway and homeless youth – something he is all too familiar with.

“In the early 1980s, when he was in his teens, the African-born future model and actor was a homeless youth in Paris. ‘I lived on the streets for some time – fighting for survival, searching out nothing more than my daily necessities for a meager existence. In the ‘wintertime, when I didn’t have enough warm clothes to sustain the harsh weather outside, I was sent to a juvenile prison to spend the night. It was three or four years before I was discovered on the street by a fashion designer [Thierry Mugler] and my life started to turn around, eventually.’

‘It’s not something I think about every day, thank God. But it’s something that oftentimes hits me again,’ he said, adding, ‘It’s good to think about it sometimes, to remember where you came from.’”

With humble beginnings such as those, it’s a wonder that he can even stomach Kimora’s lavish over-the-top-ness. It’s nice to see him giving back though. We’ve said it before, but that Kimora is one lucky lady.

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Comments(48) on “Djimon Strikes Back”

  1. Sir Left Foot Luscious (fka Keepin' It Real - D'Original)

    Nice story, good job Bossip considering the foolishness that ya’ll post that keeps me entertained throughout the day…


  2. Wow, his story sounds interesting. Has he done a book? I like to read it if he has.

  3. da darkness

    yawn fight for helping marriages stay together. i mean yahll help not hurt

  4. swoosh

    swexy

  5. guilty pleasure

    Wow! This is an interesting story!

    Sometimes when we look at celebrities, we only see what they have TODAY as opposed to their struggle to achieve what they have.

  6. HomoMafia

    Nice one Djimon!

  7. matic

    wow, kimora sooooooo does not deserve him. i don’t know how he puts up with her.

  8. mojojojo195

    I BET KIMORA ISNT EVEN A BITCH AROUND HIM

    HE LOOKS LIKE HE DOESNT PLAY

  9. Mrssexcee1

    he is a sexy chocolate drop

  10. NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    He usuallys look good to me but the shiny head…a little too much on this one :(

  11. SWEET CHEEKS

    Such a goregous man!!!

  12. NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    Oh in the big picture he looks a little rat-like…

  13. justmoi

    Yet another reason for me to love this guy.

  14. SIDEWAYS

    I didn’t know he was a street kid. very interesting!

  15. I'm Just Me

    Bossip Blocking Me again.

    I didn’t even say anything.

  16. elle

    It’s always interesting to hear how people survive their steps & stone.

    I think he is soooooooooooooooooooo handsome, always have.

  17. HitMeUp813

    This dude is old and still fine as hell!!!

  18. JAD

    That is very interesting. I like that guy!!!

  19. JAD

    That is very interesting. I like that guy!!!

  20. djimon housou

    ladies, ladies, calm down wowwww, i taught u said i was ugly and purple and now u are all over me!!!!! maybe it’s becaue of my madingo!!!! well africa rules!!!!

  21. Just Sit and Be Pretty

    Good for Djimon!! Yeah, Kimora’s definitely got herself a keeper.

  22. Crazy Ass Rodney

    Amistad!!!

  23. Lil' Kevin Mayne

    his beard isn’t finished

  24. Necy

    MMMMMMMMMMMM !!! scrumchious

  25. Encyclopedia Brown

    Good job Amistad

  26. dave

    fu*ck any slave N*GGER that calls him amistad and i mean that sh&t!!!!!

    how are u going to call an african a slave name??? his ancestors were not slaves like u bunch of n&gger apes.

  27. DH

    God Bless Him! Hopefully his future will only be better and better.


  28. I never knew this about him. And Yes, Kimora is a lucky lucky woman.

  29. Kim

    HIS STORY IS INTERESTING BUT PLEASE LAWD EVERYTIME I SEE HIS FACE I WONDER WHY HE IS SO UGLY?????

  30. dave

    @kim

    shut u n*gger mouth up, u slut

  31. dave

    ur

  32. Tracey

    Brings a tear to my eye, I like him even more now!


  33. He is still UGLY


  34. @dave shut the phuck up africa is the divided cake for all to shit on fool you are a slave in your own country


  35. DJOMSUM GIVE ME SOME…DO YOU WANT KNOW MY FAVORITE POSITION IN BED….NO HOMO LOL


  36. @DAVE IS A SICK IN THE HEAD AND NEEDS MEDICAL CARE THERE NO CURE FOR BEING STUPID AND UGLY…GET THIS MF TO IRAQ…LATER DOG

  37. Wumpus

    Seriously ladies, is he really handsome? Or is it just something about him?

  38. jones

    @IN GHETTO NEWS

    @DAVE IS A SICK IN THE HEAD AND NEEDS MEDICAL CARE THERE NO CURE FOR BEING STUPID AND UGLY…GET THIS MF TO IRAQ…LATER DOG

    look at this slave monkey, maybe u need a banana stupid n8gger!!!

  39. jones

    if u think this dude is ugly then ya’ll should post a pic up and let see ur ugly faces. this guy is doing something good for ur community and u say he is ugly. black monkeys!!!!


  40. @ dave is it hard hating others because you have frog face disease?

  41. $m♥K.E.Y.

    damn he fine

    theirry mugler is still hot love his scents

  42. dave

    @pity the stool…

    @ dave is it hard hating others because you have frog face disease?

    ur mother b^TCH!!!


  43. he is a classy man but I dont think he is cute at all just my opinion, if he is cute then why is 50 cent mugly

  44. And.....

    His sexiness meter just went up about 50 more notches for me. Chocolate, sexy, and he has some humility! I give him and Kimora 1 more year, because she’s going to get on his nerves with all of her “fabulosity”. It’s probably cute and fun right now, but that s**t gets old when you have to live it day-in and day-out.

  45. {the heckler}

    and exactly why is kimora lucky…. mabe it’s the dick, has to be hang’n super low..especially comen frm russel shriveled up wormy… he looks like his ass is packn, but he ain’t a looker at alll!!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. Anton Slizzardhands

    Amistadz I SEE YOU WADDUP!!

  47. elle

    i think thats awesome, if you get the youth in their right mind the future will look better and getting people off the streets is a big step and hopefully he has some kind of awareness doing this. i think him and kimora are just the cutest couple! does anyone think they will get married? he seems really sweet with her two daughters too

  48. KG

    Maybe he’ll rub off on Kimora. Let’s hope.

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