That Bad Bitch

Relax… He was here evading his bankruptcy issues on a goodwill mission to Shimo La Tewa Prison. Dude used to look way better than this… I guess age does catch up with you.

National Treasure star Nicholas Cage flies out of Kenya on Wednesday morning after a secretive two-day stay in Mombasa.

Mr Cage, who flew in on Monday night, visited the Shimo-La-Tewa GK Prison under a UN counter-piracy programme, but his itinerary after the courtesy call was closely guarded by his UN handlers. The UN Goodwill Ambassador, whose characteristic grooming style is combing his now thinning hair backwards, was quickly whisked away by his security detail after his mission at the prison, and was given little room to field questions from journalists.

But, in a harried interview with the Nation, Mr Cage said he had chosen the Shimo-la-Tewa prison because he wanted to hear the story from the horse’s mouth. “I wanted to see first-hand how the prisoners are being treated here,” he said. “The whole issue of piracy on the high seas has captured everyone’s imagination, and I needed to come and see the piracy suspects and understand why they do what they do.”

The actor, who raked in a reported $20 million (approximately Sh1.6 billion) for his role in National Treasure, is reportedly facing financial problems, and there have been reports that he is attempting to dispose of some of his properties, including his estate in Rhode Island.

He described Shimo-la-Tewa as ‘the warmest prison in the world’, an accolade the prison boss, Ms Wanini Kireri, took in her stride. Under the counter-piracy programme, the UN has undertaken to renovate three major prisons in the country — Shimo-la-Tewa, Manyani and Malindi. Daily Nation

Did this dude just say ‘the warmest prison in the world’??? Is there even such a thing???