Actress Hilary Swank recently returned to the limelight after a three-year Hollywood hiatus — and just revealed that she took a break from acting for a very good reason. During a Tuesday, March 20 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the 43-year-old star opened up about her father, Stephen Swank, undergoing a life-saving lung transplant and provided fans with an update on her dad's health today. "He's great, thank you for asking. For those of you who don't know, my dad got a lung transplant. It's the hardest surgery a person can undergo and I thank all the people that make themselves a donor, it saves lives," Hilary told host Stephen Colbert during their sit-down. "They had given him a short time to live if he didn't get a lung transplant and thankfully he got one and he's alive and thriving and well." A post shared by Hilary Swank (@hilaryswank...
- 3/21/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
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