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A lot of people, even celebrities, have a freak accidents happen in their lifetimes. In fact, according to a recent study in 2019, around one in ten people experience a near-death experience in their lifetime, and a lot of celebrities are in that statistic.
Accidents happen all the time, and they can be terrifying. You hear about them in the news and shudder at the thought of them when you’re going about your day. A lot of the time, people talk about the lives lost in accidents such as plane crashes, sporting accidents, and more. While our hearts go out to everyone who has lost their lives or been affected by accidents such as these, we’re going to talk about the times celebrities were miraculously alive after terrifying incidents.
Whether they sustain scars or dozens of broken bones, mental scars that take decades to go away, or are even left unscathed, so many A-listers have a story. Some have survived plane crashes, and some have survived disturbing childhood events.
From stories like Rachel Bilson’s coma to Martha Stewart being struck by lightning three separate times, accidents do happen, and these celebs have opened up about their stories.
Check out which stars have survived some terrifying, freak accidents over the years below:
Travis Barker
In 2008, Travis Barker’s life forever changed when he and his late friends were in a plane crash. While he survived, he suffered third-degree burns on most of his body, and had to go through over 25 surgeries, and suffered from PTSD.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Per Diply, Leonardo DiCaprio has been in multiple freak accidents such as surviving a Great White shark attack, a plane crash, and even a sky-diving accident.
Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Cuoco’s freak accident involved horseback riding, as she revealed to Ellen Degeneres, per Horsetalk. “I had a freak accident,” she said, discussing her leg scars. “At the end of the lesson my horse spooked and I wasn’t really expecting it and I fell off. I was actually getting up but my horse was still kind of spooking.”
Martha Stewart
Not only has Martha Stewart been struck by lightning, but she’s been struck by lightning three different times, and revealed details in a previous game on Ellen DeGeneres’s show.
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner also got a gnarly scar after a freak accident that left a pole lodged through her leg, according to UsMagazine.
Miranda Cosgrove
Back in 2011, Miranda Cosgrove was in a terrifying car crash with her tour bus that left her with a broken ankle and a mysterious hole in her leg.
George Clooney
George Clooney’s freak accident was more recent than others: in 2018, to be exact. While on his motorcycle in Italy, he collided with another car and told the damages to the Hollywood Reporter.
“It split my helmet in half, it knocked me out of my shoes. I was hit hard,” he said. “I was just waiting for the switch to turn off because I broke his windshield with my head, and I thought, ‘Okay, well, that’s my neck.’ If you get nine lives, I got all of them used up at once — so I can let go of motorcycle riding for a while.”
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer’s accident happened back in high school while surfing, where the fin of her board lodged deep into her leg and caused a lot of blood loss, per Vanity Fair.
Alison Brie
Alison Brie previously said that when she was seven years old, she fell and got a concussion that left her with no vision, and on the way to the hospital, she and her father got into a car wreck. Luckily, she regained her eyesight in 10 hours, per TooFab.
Rachel Bilson
Rachel Bilson recalled to Mirror that she fell into a coma for a few days after a car wreck, saying, “Everyone was lucky to have survived…I was with my girlfriend and these two guys driving down the Pacific Coast Highway. We were going really fast and we were involved in a head-on collision with a truck. We were in a tiny car and it was a pretty bad crash. They had to cut us out and I was in a coma for a few days.”
Isla Fisher
While filming Now You See Me, Isla Fisher nearly lost her life while filming one of the major scenes in the film: the underwater scene where she was chained up. She told Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately per HuffPost, “Everyone thought I was acting fabulously. I was actually drowning. … No one realized I was actually struggling.”
Kanye West
Only two weeks after signing his life-changing record deal, Kanye West fell asleep at the wheel and was in a car wreck that left him with a shattered jaw.
Justin Theroux
Justin Theroux almost needed brain surgery after being hit by a van and losing his memory for a brief period of time, and despite this, he was given a clean bill of health soon after, per People.
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock survived a near-fatal plane crash in Wyoming when the plane skidded off the runway back in 2001, per the Guardian.
Harrison Ford
When Harrison Ford was flying his World War II-era vintage plane in 2015, he noticed engine failure and had to crash land. Luckily he survived, but suffered a few broken bones and lacerations, per CBSNews.
50 Cent
Back in 2000, 50 Cent was almost shot to death after being shot nine times while out in New York, according to Insider.
Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay and her two brothers survived the tragic car crash that killed their mother Jayne Mansfield in 1967, per People.
Bono
Back in 2014, Bono was left with broken bones, a fractured eye socket, hand, and shoulder blade after a freak bike accident.
Padma Lakshmi
In a previous interview, per Prevention, Padma Lakshmi revealed that when she was 14, “A tractor-trailer rear-ended us and we fell down an embankment 40 feet,” and left her with a major scar on her arm.
Jeremy Renner
Back on Jan 1, 2023, Jeremy Renner was run over by a snowplow, and miraculously, he survived but sustained over 30 broken bones.
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