Kyle Richards has donated $1,000 to Nicole Eggert’s fight against stage 2 breast cancer.
According to a GoFundMe page, organizer Mindy Molinary is asking for help for Eggert, writing that her actress pal is “terrified of not being able to afford the treatments and surgery necessary” for her recovery.
Over $27,500 has already been raised out of the fundraiser’s goal of $100,000. Five hundred thirty six people have donated in just the four days since its creation, including the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, who donated under her married name, Kyle Umansky.
Richards, 55, didn’t leave a message for the “Baywatch” alum, but appears to have donated the second highest amount of money out of all donors thus far.
Eggert, 51, told TMZ on Thursday that she “goes way back” with Richards, as they were “childhood friends running in the same child actor circles in Hollywood.”
The former “Real Housewives of New York City” star and Richards’ friend Bethenny Frankel was also on the list and gave $500, while her fiancé, Paul Bernon, did the same.
Like Richards, neither Frankel nor Bernon added a note to their donation.
Eggert relayed to TMZ that Frankel “told her she’s there for whatever Nicole needs” as she battles the disease.
The “Charles in Charge” star announced on Monday that she was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma in December 2023.
Eggert explained to People that she initially thought she was experiencing menopause symptoms while feeling “terrible pain” in her left breast two months prior to her diagnosis. However, after doing a self-exam and finding a lump, she went to see a doctor.
“It really was throbbing and hurting,” she recalled. “I immediately went to my general practitioner, and she told me I had to immediately go get it looked at.”
Eggert explained that she was then diagnosed with cancer and learned that she’ll have to undergo surgery and possibly chemotherapy and radiation.
“I have panics where I’m like, ‘Just get this out of me,’” she told the outlet. “You sit there and it’s in you and you’re like, every second that passes and it’s inside of me. It’s growing, and you’re just like, you just want it out.”
Eggert shared that she’s trying to “get through” the negative news by reading “inspirational quotes and corny stuff.”
