Teacher helping a man short on cash at the Wawa finds out he’s Keith Urban
- Ruth Reed has been trying to help someone buy food once a week
- She was at a Wawa Friday when a man was short a few dollars ahead of her
- She offered some money and then remarked he looked like Keith Urban
- Urban confirmed he was himself and had his bodyguard vouch
- Singer was on his way to perform and took a photo with Reed before he went
An American woman who thought she was helping a down-and-out man pay for his gas station food ended up footing the bill for country music star Keith Urban.
Ruth Reed says she met Urban, who is worth an estimated $75million, at a Medford Wawa ahead of his concert on Friday night in Camden, New Jersey.
Substitute teacher Reed says she had made a resolution to help Wawa customers once a week and jumped at the chance when the man ahead of her was short a few dollars.
Ruth Reed was trying to do a good deed when she offered to help a man pay at a Wawa who didn’t have enough money. She then realized it was Keith Urban
Reed says he thanked her and said his name was Keith.
When she remarked that he looked like Keith Urban, he said he was.
She asked where his wife Nicole Kidman was and he introduced the woman he was with as his sister.
Not believing him, Reed asked his body guard to confirm she was talking to the musician.
She says, ‘It was then I realized what an idiot I was.’
Urban, who is a New Zealander but has spent much of his life living in Australia, then kindly offered to take a photo with the good-hearted teacher in the parking lot.

Ruth later explained she has been trying to help someone once a week as a good deed
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