{"id":2510062,"date":"2026-07-20T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2510062"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:10:00","slug":"bijou-phillips-steps-out-for-lunch-date-just-2-weeks-after-receiving-life-saving-kidney-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bijou-phillips-steps-out-for-lunch-date-just-2-weeks-after-receiving-life-saving-kidney-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Bijou Phillips steps out for lunch date just 2 weeks after receiving life-saving kidney transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bijou Phillips was publicly spotted for the first time since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/08\/celebrity-news\/bijou-phillips-undergoes-life-saving-kidney-transplant\/\">undergoing a kidney transplant<\/a> she desperately needed.<\/p>\n<p>The actress was out with her boyfriend, Jamie Mazur, in Malibu, California, on Sunday. In pics obtained by Page Six, she wore a blue tank top, long denim shorts and a large sun hat to combat the extreme heat over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips, 46, enjoyed a bottled beverage as she sat outside with Mazur, 56, who wore camouflage shorts and a white T-shirt with a yellow smiley face on it. The \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d star and the fashion businessman have been dating since 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bijou Phillips was out in Malibu, California, Sunday (as seen above), marking her first public sighting since undergoing a life-saving kidney transplant earlier this month. <span class=\"credit\">Ability Films \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress spent time with her boyfriend, Jamie Mazur (both pictured above), outdoors. <span class=\"credit\">Ability Films \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Phillips revealed on July 7 that she underwent a life-saving kidney transplant at UCLA amid her battle with kidney disease. She posted a picture of herself at the hospital, praising her surgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Veale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe only cut the facia! He didn\u2019t cut the muscles so I didn\u2019t even really need much pain medication at all, just Tylenol!,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI feel at five days out like I did four months after my last surgery!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also shared, \u201cI am beyond beyond grateful to everyone who rushed into help me, get checked to donate, you are all hero\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips first received a first kidney transplant from a friend in 2017, but Page Six learned in February that the kidney had failed, and she needed another one.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She wore a blue tank-top, denim shorts and a large hat to protect herself from the sun. <span class=\"credit\">Ability Films \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She\u2019s been dating the fashion businessman since 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Ability Films \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mazur also dressed casually in camouflage shorts and a white graphic T-shirt. <span class=\"credit\">Ability Films \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her rep then confirmed to us that she was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/11\/celebrity-news\/bijou-phillips-hospitalized-on-dialysis-desperately-needs-kidney-transplant\/\">hospitalized at\u00a0CORE Kidney at UCLA Health<\/a> and receiving dialysis while waiting for another donor, noting that \u201ctime was of the essence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The socialite pleaded for help from her social media followers that month, sharing a photo of her and her daughter, Fianna, when she was born.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need help finding a kidney,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI\u2019m asking as a friend, a sister, an aunt, and most importantly, as a single mother to an incredible and brave daughter. I am in need of a kidney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shared that she had been born with underdeveloped kidneys, and that while her first kidney transplant gave her \u201c8 precious years to be a mother to my daughter,\u201d she\u2019d since experienced \u201cmany complications.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cAlmost Famous\u201d star shared on July 7 that she had found a kidney match and underwent surgery. She\u2019d been battling kidney disease for years, having been born with underdeveloped kidneys. <span class=\"credit\">bijouphillips\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In February, she begged her social media followers for help as she desperately searched for a kidney donor. Sharing a pic of her daughter, Fianna, when she was a newborn, Phillips pleaded for more time to be a mother.  <span class=\"credit\">bijouphillips\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPlease help me find a living donor so that I can have more time with my daughter, family, and friends,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips and her ex-husband, Danny Masterson, welcomed Fianna \u2014 now 12 \u2014 in February 2014. She <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/09\/19\/bijou-phillips-files-for-divorce-from-danny-masterson-after-rape-sentencing\/\">filed for divorce from Masterson,<\/a> 50, in September 2023 after he\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/09\/07\/bijou-phillips-looks-downcast-leaving-courtroom-after-husband-danny-mastersons-30-year-sentence\/\">was sentenced to 30 years to life<\/a>\u00a0in prison for two counts of rape.<\/p>\n<p>She and the \u201cThat \u201970s Show\u201d alum had been married for nearly 12 years before their split.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bijou Phillips was publicly spotted for the first time since undergoing a kidney transplant she desperately needed. The actress was out with her boyfriend, Jamie Mazur, in Malibu, California, on Sunday. In pics obtained by Page Six, she wore a blue tank top, long denim shorts and a large sun hat to combat the extreme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2510063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[354001,24003,494874,21912,360411,22171],"class_list":["post-2510062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bijou-phillips","tag-celebrity-news","tag-kidney-transplants","tag-movies","tag-paparazzi","tag-surgery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bijou-Phillips-steps-out-for-lunch-date-just-2-weeks.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510064,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510062\/revisions\/2510064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}