Bijou Phillips' Urgent Call for Kidney Donor

0:00This is your entertainment update for March 20, 45-year-old actress Bijou Phillips is battling serious kidney disease and recently made a public call for a living donor. She's been on dialysis while waiting for a transplant. Her second one, after her previous procedure seven years ago, gave her eight more years with her, 12-year-old daughter Fianna. Her close friend Kathy Hilton shared that Phillips was scared of starting dialysis, fearing it might be too much, but she pushed through for her. As a single mom, Phillips wants to stay strong and present, especially now that her ex-husband Danny Masterson is serving a 30-year prison sentence. Friends like Paris and Nikki Hilton, along with family including siblings, China and Mackenzie Phillips, have rallied around her during hospital, visits and treatments. Kathy's husband Richard even stepped in to encourage her to follow the doctor's advice. The response to her plea has been overwhelming, with nearly 1,000 people signing up to become potential donors.

1:00Not everyone will match, but Phillips is deeply grateful, and many plan to stay on the list to help others too. Even strangers are stepping up, like a friend of Nikki's who isn't a match, but wants to keep supporting the effort. Phillips remains focused on her fight, determined to be there for Fianna, no matter what comes next.