It all looks like fun and games ... until it's not! Jennifer Garner wears a funny clown nose in support of Red Nose Day 2019, but should she be??? Recent controversy surrounding the charity has turned off some celebs ...

The British foundation Comic Relief began the campaign to stop child poverty worldwide in 1985; since then, the effort has raised more than $1.2 billion -- nothing to sneeze at. And it's going to a great cause, so what could possible be the issue?

Well critics of the charity's ad campaigns say it supports the white savior idea -- that white westerns can raise a bunch of money and take it to Africa and teach locals how to fix all their problems because "we" are so much smarter than "they" are. And we call know that's not true ... and we know Ed Sheeran hanging out with homeless children in Liberia is probably not going to change anything, which is why Comic Relief was SLAMMED for this celeb-fronted campaign in support of the foundation in 2017.

Since the, the non-profit has said it will pull back from celebrity sponsorships. Comic Relief CEO Liz Warner told The Guardian about their new campaigns: "You’ll see the films we put into Sport Relief are a step towards that, towards change. People talking in the first person in their own voices, with local heroes and local heroines talking to us about the work they’re doing. ‘You won’t see a celebrity standing in front of people talking about them. You’ll see people talking for themselves."

That's a good idea! Better than this ...