Posted on 10/31/2025 8:31:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg says he is going to be donating one of his kidneys to a complete stranger.
Eisenberg made the announcement Thursday morning on NBC’s “Today” show. The 42-year-old “Zombieland” and “The Social Network” star said he plans to have the surgery in mid-December and called the decision a "no-brainer."
"I don't know why," he said. "I got bitten by the blood donation bug. I'm doing an altruistic donation [in] mid-December. I'm so excited to do it."
An altruistic donation is the act of donating an organ — such as a kidney — to a stranger with which you have no prior relationship with. Most of the roughly 100,000 people on the national organ transplant list are waiting for a kidney, according to federal data.
"It's essentially risk-free and so needed," Eisenberg told TODAY.com. "I think people will realize that it's a no-brainer, if you have the time and the inclination."
"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," Eisenberg added. "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."
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Uh huh.
If he was truly altruistic, he’d never mention it to a soul other than his doctor.
When he donates 2 kidneys, then he is doing best for society.
He is an idiot.
He’s doing it wrong. He should ride a crotch-rocket motorcycle on a curvy mountain road after filling out an organ donor card.
The don’t call ‘em donorcycles for nothin.’
Matthew 6:2-4 King James Version
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
He is trying to get others to consider doing the same.
I see no problem with this. It is a great gift to another.
👍👍
I know it’s “look at me-ish” but I also appreciate him bringing attention to donation.
Yes it is. And it can be a long wait on the list, as I know.
It is not entirely risk free....plus as he ages and his one remaining kidney function decreases enough he may be needing another kidney or dialysis. Ill advised.
Don’t give up your organs unless absolutely compelling reason. Certainly, not because you got the blood donation bug.
Blood cells regenerate, kidneys don’t.
Its 100% not risk free.
Its usually a worse time for the donor.
I’d consider it to certain family members. But kidneys aren’t livers, they don’t regenerate.
Raising trans African kids doesnt get enough attention anymore. Gotta donate organs.
While I appreciate the fact he is donating to a stranger, I would have been more impressed if he had waited until it was done to go on tour about it.
And living with a single kidney is almost no problem. If it ever becomes a problem…it is a BIG deal.
Regards,
I don’t believe he doesn’t know the recipient.
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