{"id":481816,"date":"2026-06-17T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481816\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:13:08","slug":"jesse-eisenberg-reveals-unexpected-reason-for-donating-kidney-to-complete-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481816\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Eisenberg reveals unexpected reason for donating kidney to ‘complete stranger’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jesse<\/p>\n

Jesse Eisenberg reveals unexpected reason for donating kidney to ‘complete stranger’<\/p>\n

\u200bJesse Eisenberg is opening up about the kidney donation he did back in December 2025.<\/p>\n

\u200bDuring his recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the 42-year-old actor was asked about the motivation behind his act of generosity.<\/p>\n

\u200bHost Jimmy Fallon began, “I don’t think I’ve ever said this to a guest, but since the last time you were on our show, you’ve donated a kidney!”<\/p>\n

\u200bThe Now You See Me actor responded, “Yeah! yeah, yeah.”<\/p>\n

\u200bThe audience exploded in awe and gave the actor a round of applause.<\/p>\n

\u200b”Thank you, thank you!” Jesse said.<\/p>\n

“Isn’t it amazing? to a complete stranger!”\u00a0\u200bJimmy asked.<\/p>\n

\u200bJesse explained, “Well, I learned about this, and this is just, like, something anybody could do. like, you know, it’s really pain-free, it was quick, they compensate you if you have to miss work to get the surgery.”<\/p>\n

\u200bOne of the reasons Jesse noted is “they say you live a longer life.”<\/p>\n

\u200bHe further explained, “Because they put you through such a battery of tests, before you donate, that you end up living, like, they say, longer than your nondonor peers, because, you know, you have to be so healthy to do it.”<\/p>\n

While sharing an update on his health after the organ donation, Jesse added, “So I live a perfectly normal life, my other kidney is growing, and somebody else, you know, who was on dialysis or dying, you know, is able to have a real life now.”<\/p>\n

\u200bJimmy then praised Jesse’s act of kindness, saying, “That’s amazing, that is an amazing thing that you did! I love you, dude. very generous!”<\/p>\n

\u200b”Oh thanks!” Jesse added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse Eisenberg reveals unexpected reason for donating kidney to ‘complete stranger’ \u200bJesse Eisenberg is opening up about the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-481816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}