Donna D'Errico: From Skid Row to Baywatch

0:00It's April 8th. You're listening to Entertainment and celebrity news today. AI-powered entertainment coverage. Baywatch star Donna Derico, the 58-year-old actress, just opened up about her past while volunteering on Skid Row with Hope United in the Los Angeles mission. She served food to folks facing homelessness and dropped a real bombshell. She lived that struggle herself way back. She went from scraping by on the streets, hunting spots to wash her clothes, to landing spots on two of TV's biggest shows, including Baywatch. That rags-to-riches flip still hits her hard, reminding her how close anyone can be to tough times. Derico's been hitting the LA mission for years now, saying it's better to give time than just cash. She feels that line there, but for the grace of God go I, keeps her grounded in her comfy life today. In a January 2025 interview, she doubled down, stressing, we shouldn't judge the homelessness outcasts. For people too, she says, valuable no matter their spot, and society needs to see that.

1:02Her stories are reminder that famed, don't erase roots, pushing more of us to lend a hand where it counts.