{"id":202230,"date":"2025-10-30T18:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/jesse-eisenberg-reveals-the-real-reason-why-hes-donating-his-kidney\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:20:34","slug":"jesse-eisenberg-reveals-the-real-reason-why-hes-donating-his-kidney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/jesse-eisenberg-reveals-the-real-reason-why-hes-donating-his-kidney\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Eisenberg Reveals the Real Reason Why He\u2019s Donating His Kidney"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jesse Eisenberg<\/strong> is taking generosity to a whole new level \u2014 by donating a kidney to a complete stranger.<\/p>\n

The 42-year-old Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t<\/em> star revealed the news during an October 30 appearance on Today<\/em><\/a>, reflecting on his long-time love for blood donation. \u201cI just have so much blood in me, and I feel like I should spill it,\u201d Eisenberg joked. \u201cI really like doing it, and I don\u2019t know why.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Eisenberg is now going beyond giving blood \u2014 he\u2019s scheduled for an altruistic kidney donation in mid-December. \u201cI\u2019m actually donating my kidney in six weeks. I really am,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s amazing,\u201d host Craig Melvin<\/strong> responded.<\/p>\n

Eisenberg explained that his altruistic donation \u2014 also known as a non-directed living donation \u2014 means he\u2019s giving an organ to a stranger, with the recipient chosen based on medical compatibility. \u201cIt\u2019s essentially risk-free and so needed,\u201d he told Today.<\/em> \u201cI think people will realize that it\u2019s a no-brainer, if you have the time and the inclination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor also emphasized how his decision benefits his family. Eisenberg, dad to 8-year-old Banner, enrolled his family in the National Kidney Foundation\u2019s family voucher program. \u201cThe way it works now is you can put a list of whoever you would like to be the first to be at the top of the list. So it\u2019s risk-free for my family, as well,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Eisenberg broke down the process for altruistic kidney donation: \u201cLet\u2019s say person X needs a kidney in Kansas City, (and) their child or whoever was going to donate to them is, for whatever set of reasons, not a match, but somehow I am. That person can still get my kidney and hopefully that child of that person still donates their kidney, right? But it goes to a bank where that person can find a match recipient, but it only works if there is basically an altruistic donor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor first considered donation about a decade ago, though the initial effort didn\u2019t gain traction. \u201cI was with a doctor friend recently and expressed my desire to donate, and she pointed me to NYU Langone Health in New York City as an option,\u201d he said. \u201cI was in the hospital the next day and went through a battery of tests, and I\u2019m now scheduled in mid-December.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidney donation is common but vital: around 5,000 living kidney donations occur annually in the U.S., yet roughly 90,000 people are on the transplant list waiting for a kidney as of September 2024. Most donors are able to resume normal activities within 2 to 4 weeks, per the Mayo Clinic.<\/p>\n

Eisenberg also shared that donating a kidney doesn\u2019t conflict with family needs. \u201cI put my family members on my list so they\u2019ll be prioritized for a living kidney donation should they need one. So it\u2019s risk-free for my family, as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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