Kevin Federline is backing and supporting an effort to save the penny. No joke! There is way too much irony in this. Maybe Kevin has a sense of humor after all.

In an effort to promote its new text messaging service that allows customers to send messages for only a penny, Virgin Mobile said it would begin collecting signatures for a “Save the Penny” petition to convince lawmakers to save the single-cent piece from possible extinction.

Kevin Federline lent his support for the penny at a press conference on Wednesday. “I feel good about the penny,” said Federline, speaking to a crowd of reporters and onlookers from the center of Times Square, before signing his name to the petition.