Ashley Judd reveals she broke her leg in a ‘freak accident’ while mourning the death of mum Naomi Judd

Ashley Judd broke her leg in a ‘freak accident’ while mourning the death of her mother Naomi Judd.

The actress revealed that the thigh condyle fracture occurred over the summer and healed within two months, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 54-year-old star, who broke his leg during a harrowing 55-hour ordeal deep in the Congo jungle last year, spoke with Dr. Jonathan Flint on breaking her femoral neck.

She spoke for an hour with Dr. Flint via Zoom and revealed her injury “healed in a flash in two months.”

The femoral condyle is the spherical end of a person’s leg at the femur, the thigh bone; There are two condyles on each leg.

“It was what it was. Clumsiness is associated with grief, and there were other people in our family after Mom died who fell down the stairs and had accidents, and that’s what mine happened to look like,” she explained.

“It really allowed me to grieve. It really allowed me to stop what I was working on in that moment and grieve.

Ouch: The actress revealed the femoral condyle fracture happened over the summer and healed in two months, according to The Hollywood Reporter; seen on September 20, 2022

Naomi Judd died on April 30 at the age of 76 at her home in Tennessee from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Coming to terms with her death, Ashley said: “The day my beloved mother committed suicide I had to call so many people. There were five women who were with me within moments of sharing this tragic news with them, and they are my chosen sisters.

“I was just thinking about those first few days after her death and how there was always someone at my house,” she said.

She explained that her friends are her community, and they “held me physically and they held my home and they held my soul.”

Happier times: Naomi Judd died at her home in Tennessee on April 30 at the age of 76 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound; seen with mother Naomi and sister Wynonna on January 19, 2002 in Kentucky

In February 2021, Ashley revealed that she broke her leg on a trip to Congo when a malfunctioning headlamp made it difficult for her to see during an excursion.

She said she then tripped over people during an Instagram Live with The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, causing her to break her leg.

During the live performance, Ashley said at the time that she was “in an ICU trauma unit in beautiful South Africa, which took me in from Congo: a country I love dearly and is sadly not prepared for, with massive catastrophic injuries.” to finish as I had.’

Shocking: The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof shared a picture of Ashley on a stretcher via People

Thoughts: Ashley also shared a picture of a bonobo on Instagram, describing how the chimpanzees are “endangered” with her and a team running a small research camp in Congo

Adding: “And the difference between a Congolese and me is the disaster insurance that allowed me to get to an operating table in South Africa 55 hours after my accident.”

The actress said many people from Congo don’t even have access to something as simple as a painkiller, let alone broken leg in four places and nerve damage, stressing her privilege.

Ashley also shared a picture of a bonobo on Instagram, describing how the chimpanzees are “endangered” while she and a team run a small research camp in Congo.

The actress described how she “almost lost her leg” during the outing, adding, “I’m used to being there. I am a woman of the wild, as you know.

“Accidents happen. I hit something in the dark and fell.’

Traumatizing: Ashley said the accident happened after a malfunctioning headlamp made it difficult for her to see during a trip in Congo; pictured on March 4, 2018 at the 90th Academy Awards

The latest: The 52-year-old actress revealed the news during an Instagram Live with The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof via People

Ashley said after the accident the next 55 hours were “harrowing” as she “lay on the forest floor at five hours”.

She was with one such colleague until she could be evacuated, the star explained.

“With his leg under my badly deformed leg, biting my cane. Howling like a wild animal,” as she held up the stick on the live, per outlet.

At the end of the fifth hour, someone came to restore her bones while she “went into shock” and “fainted” from the pain, according to People.

After that, she “spent an hour and a half in the hammock and was carried barefoot out of the rainforest, uphill and over hills, through the river, by my Congolese brothers” to return to the camp.

The actress (pictured in 2014) said many Congolese people didn’t even have access to something as simple as a painkiller, let alone if they broke their leg in four places

The next step in the journey saw Ashley sit on a motorcycle for six hours with someone holding her leg up and someone driving.

Ashley also said she recognizes her “privilege” of being able to pay someone to take her.

She then spent the night in a hut in Jolu and was then flown to the capital, Kinshasa, for a day before being taken to South Africa for intensive care, according to People.

Discussing her whole ordeal, she said: “I’m very much in love. I’m in a lot of compassion and I’m in a lot of gratitude. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and your prayers and your support,” People said.

In July 2021, Ashley gave fans an update on her leg five months after her accident, revealing that her leg and foot were “working beautifully.” while continuing to build her stamina and strength.

She also said her paralyzed foot started moving after four months, which her doctors said would not happen until a year after the accident.

Ashley thanked her surgeons when she revealed the surgery to repair her leg had taken eight hours and thanked her physical therapist on her road to recovery.

Wishing her a speedy recovery: Discussing her whole ordeal, she said: ‘I’m very much in love. I’m in a lot of compassion and I’m in a lot of gratitude. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and your prayers and your support,” People said; November 8, 2017 NYC