Addison Rae Recalls Watching Grandfather Survive Kidney Cancer: ‘He’s Very Inspiring’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Addison Rae has a very personal reason for inviting fans to help her raise money for the American Cancer Society.
Her maternal grandfather, Donald Easterling, is a survivor of kidney cancer. “A lot of my memories of him from when I was young was in the hospital,” the TikTok star tells me. “It was rough for my family to go through that.
But luckily, my pawpaw is a very strong man who still to this day tries to do everything he did when he was 20 years old. He’s very inspiring.” The family spoke openly about his battle. “He’s a very quiet man so you know when he says a few words, they mean a lot,” Rae says.
By donating $10 to the American Cancer Society, Rae’s fans can enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl in Los Angeles next month and attend the game with Rae. “I grew up in Louisiana, so football is pretty big there,” she says. “I was always a Saints fan, but then I moved to Shreveport when I was in high school so I became a Cowboys fan.” This will mark Rae’s first time attending the championship game. “It’s going to be lots of concession food and drinks,” she says.
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