Jean Smart recently became honest about her knee injury and revealed that the operation forced her offstage for 2 weeks.
Monday, July 21, the 73-year-old American actress spoke with PEOPLE Magazine where she revealed new details of the knee injury before returning to her one-woman Broadway show, Call me IzzyTuesday, July 22.
Smartly shared that she “went down like a ton of brick” after she fell into New York City on July 4th while she went with her sons.
The Primetime Emmy-winning star admitted that she loves New York, but “sometimes the streets are a bit treacherous” with “holes and similar things.”
Smart said she was injured when she quickly turned to catch a cab and not saw one of the “hockey-puck-size” bases of a barrier on earth. She said barriers are there to “prevent cars from cutting the corners too close, I think.”
“When I was sitting there on the street waiting for the ambulance, a guy came along and stumbled over the same thing,” the star of A simple advantage noted.
In particular, the nurse revealed in the hospital’s emergency room, where smart was first taken, that the incident is quite common.
“She said, ‘Oh, I, I know exactly what you’re talking about. We’ll get one a day.’ And it’s in a small small hospital. Accountant Alun remembered.
It is relevant to mention that Smart was moved to another hospital where she underwent knee surgery with a “really wonderful surgeon” after four days, ie. on July 8th.
