MANILA, Philippines – Many Hollywood stars are joining the #22pushupchallenge social media movement, posting videos of themselves doing push-ups to raise awareness for veterans killed by suicide each day.
The number 22 refers to a Suicide Data Report that says that in the US, an estimated 22 veterans are estimated to have died by suicide per day in the calendar year of 2010.
According to 22kill.com, where you can find more information about the movement, the challenge is about starting the conversation on veteran suicide prevention and awareness. Their goal is to reach 22 million push-ups.
Stars and other social media users are doing the challenge and then nominating their friends and colleagues to do the same, similar to the ALS Ice Bucket challenge back in 2014.
Here's Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's video – he was challenged by Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt:
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He challenged actor Kevin Hart and athletes JJ Watt and Simone Manuel to do the same next.
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris did the challenge together:
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Chris also challenged his Magnificent Seven co-star Vincent D'Onofrio. Here's his video:
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<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/22PushupChallenge?src=hash">#22PushupChallenge</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt">@prattprattpratt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewModine">@MatthewModine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/daxshepard1">@daxshepard1</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertDowneyJr">@RobertDowneyJr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hawkDONOFRIO">@hawkDONOFRIO</a> <a href="https://t.co/MHaKmU5uKx">pic.twitter.com/MHaKmU5uKx</a></p>— Vincent D'Onofrio (@vincentdonofrio) <a href="https://twitter.com/vincentdonofrio/status/764493829605122048">August 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Scott Eastwood did the challenge, too. He challenged Ludacris next:
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Captain America star Chris Evans did the task, too, challenging Avengers and Cap co-stars Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie.
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<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you to all the men and women who serve this country <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/22PushupChallenge?src=hash">#22PushupChallenge</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Renner4Real">@Renner4Real</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AnthonyMackie">@AnthonyMackie</a> <a href="https://t.co/BbA5j67uaM">pic.twitter.com/BbA5j67uaM</a></p>— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/765267308168224768">August 15, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Chris was challenged by John Krasinski. Here's John's video:
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