We have to admit that we teared up when we heard about what Jesse Eisenberg is doing. The actor is doing one of the most selfless acts a human being can do – he’s donating his kidney.
The actor is donating to a stranger. The actor was on The Today Show promoting his new movie, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t and he was commended for donating blood. That’s when the actor opened up about his plans.
“I’m actually donating my kidney in six weeks,” he said. “I really am.”
He then went on to say, “I don’t know why. I got bitten by the blood donation bug. I’m doing an altruistic donation (in) mid-December. I’m so excited to do it.”
We admit, we had to google what an “altruistic donation” is. According to Google, “An altruistic donor is a person who gives a living organ donation, such as a kidney, to a stranger without knowing or being related to them. This is also called non-directed donation and is driven by a desire to help others, often initiating a kidney donation chain that helps multiple recipients.”
He continued, “It’s essentially risk-free and so needed. I think people will realize that it’s a no-brainer, if you have the time and the inclination.”
And then said, “Let’s 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,” he said. “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.”
See the interview below –
