Nevada American Lung Association Hosts Benefit Luncheon and Fashion Show

Matthew Gray Gubler and his mother Marilyn

Matthew Gubler laughed with the audience when his mother raised her hand to ask a question saying, “Mom, you could have asked me that at home.” He also made fun of himself when he couldn’t make out his own ‘chicken scratch’ speech he was trying to read from a yellow legal pad.

Gubler actually took time out to research the subject matter and was quite surprised at the information he found.

“I found out that smoking is the leading cause of statistics,” mocked Gubler. “If you just do a Google search and type in smoking or lung cancer and you will be barraged with never-ending facts and numbers, like how 1 in every 3 Americans is affected by lung disease, how COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] is the 3rd leading cause of death and how if you get lung cancer the odds are 95% that you will die.”

Matthew Gray Gubler  and Tami Corbin

Gubler went on to mention that if those in the audience were anything like him, statistics cause him to glaze over. He went on to share one of his personal twitter messages sent after he tweeted about attending the lung association fundraiser.

“I typically receive a lot of tweets, but the response to my tweet about lung cancer was, like absolutely flabbergasting,” said Gubler. “Which just reminds you how far reaching and serious a disease like lung cancer is.”

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