‘Baywatch’ star Donna D’Errico reveals she once experienced homelessness
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Donna D’Errico is giving again to the group she was once part of.
During a latest interview with Fox News Digital, the 58-year-old actress mentioned her volunteer efforts with HOPE UNITED Los Angeles Mission & Hope the Mission, who’ve partnered with Albertsons to host a particular Easter occasion on Skid Row.
The actress spent her day volunteering with the group, serving chef-prepared meals and a full day of care, dignity, and group for these experiencing homelessness. She shared that volunteering with the group means rather a lot to her as she has a particular reference to these she helps.
“The biggest surprise from my career journey? I think is, I guess, the fact that I went from something similar to what these guys are experiencing here with homelessness, to being on one of the biggest shows in the world, actually two of them,” she stated. “And going from there and ending up very fortunate in life. But I do understand their plight because I experienced it myself at one time.”
D’Errico shared she once experienced homelessness earlier than Hollywood fame. (Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
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Looking again on the time earlier than she made it within the leisure trade, D’Errico stated probably the most tough a part of homelessness was the “shame and embarrassment” she felt.
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“It was finding places to wash my clothes and stuff like that,” she defined. “Not a lot of people are aware that I went through that, but I did. A long, long time ago, in another life, but I remember it well.”
D’Errico informed Fox News Digital she has “been volunteering here at the LA Mission for quite a long time,” citing the high number of homelessnessparticularly throughout the single ladies and youngsters populations, as the rationale why it is very important her.
In partnership with Albertsons, HOPE UNITED Los Angeles Mission & Hope the Mission hosted a particular Easter outreach on Skid Row, serving a chef-prepared vacation meal and providing a full day of care, dignity, and group for neighbors experiencing homelessness.
She acknowledges that she is “lucky enough to live a nice life” and says, “I’m not doing anything” else.
D’Errico says she is aware of she is fortunate to dwell an excellent life. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for IMDb)
“And there’s a lot of people that, like the saying goes, ‘There but for the grace of God go I,'” she added. “I could be in that situation too, and it just feels good to spend my time on a nice day like this giving back.”
D’Errico defined that, in his opinion, time is “one of the most valuable things” you may give somebody, noting, it’s “easy to give money and to donate,” however “giving your time is so precious because we all are busy.”
WATCH HERE: DONNA D’ERRICO HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT THE LA MISSION FOR MANY YEARS
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The actress had her massive break in 1995 when she was named Playboy’s playmate of the yr, later joining the cast of “Baywatch” within the present’s seventh season, enjoying Donna Marco, additional rising her fame.
When talking with Fox News Digital in August 2025, the actress and mannequin shared that she reached out to Playboy to see if it had curiosity in that includes her within the journal in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of her debut cowl, and was shocked after they turned her down.
Donna D’Errico discovered fame on “Baywatch,” and appeared for Playboy for the primary time in 1995. (All American TV, Inc.)
“I contacted Playboy because I was like, ‘You know, I’m kind of feeling myself. I feel like I look pretty good,'” she stated. “‘I’m feeling pretty confident. I might like to kind of pose again, I don’t know. I think it might be kind of cool.'”
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“They were like, ‘Oh, we don’t do that anymore,'” she recalled. “I was, like, ‘What do you mean you don’t do that anymore? I know there’s not a magazine anymore, but don’t you, you know, have pictorials?'”
The outlet let her know the journal has “a completely different vibe” now. “I used to be like, ‘Well, that sucks as a result of I would have done it,'” she added.
