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Thom Filicia reveals he was a bone marrow donor for his brother

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Queer Eye star Thom Filicia secretly competed on the second season of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Reuniting with his Queer Eye for the Straight Guy costar Carson Kressley, Filicia was competing for more than a drag reunion.

He was trying to raise $5,000 to support the Bone Morrow and Cancer foundation. Thom has a personal connection to the cause: he was a bone marrow donor for his brother, he said on the show.

Thom's new role: Queer Eye star Thom Filicia secretly competed on the second season of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. During the show he revealed what he had done for his brother'My brother was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, an uncommon type of bone marrow cancer,' Filicia, 53, he said after being eliminated from the VH1 competition show on last Friday's episode via People.Filicia recalls the fateful day of when his brother's illness began.    'He was out in the Hamptons, paddle boarding with one of his two daughters, cut his foot, and the next thing you knew he was in the hospital because it wouldn't stop bleeding.

It was there that he learned he was sick.'Finding a match can be difficult, but Filicia's brother was lucky. 'Within three weeks, I was identified as his bone marrow donor — which is very unlikely to find a family member who is a match —and I was an exact match, which is even more unlikely,' Filicia recalls. 'So we went on that journey together.' A good heart: Reuniting with his Queer Eye for the Straight Guy costar Carson Kressley, Filicia was competing for more than a drag reunion.

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