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Jessica Biel's dad date

Nov 16, 2008, 4:00 GMT

US actress Jessica Biel poses on the red carpet at Rome\'s Park of the Music Auditorium as she arrives for the screening of the film \'Easy Virtue\', late 27 October 2008, at the 3rd Rome International Film Festival in Rome, Italy. EPA/CLAUDIO PERI

Jessica Biel once took her dad on one of her dates.

The 'Easy Virtue' actress auctioned a night in her company to raise medical funds for a Colorado teenager in 2006 and says she took her father along for support when she met with the winner.

She said: "It was a little bit awkward, kind of uncomfortable but luckily the guy was very cool. I brought my dad with me just in case anything got weird he was sitting in the next booth staring daggers at the poor guy but he was a really completely harmless gentleman."

The winning bidder, John Schiffner, paid $30,000 for the date, which took place at Denver's The Palm restaurant.

After learning how much the auction had raised, the actress quipped: "I promise I'm a cheap date."

The money raised was donated to Molly Bloom, who had been injured in a car accident.