| USA TODAY
Brooke Shields on Sunday announced a video with a bomb and an injury and said on Instagram that she had broken her femur.
Shields, 55, posted a hospital gown on Instagram showing the actress, who danced on Broadway, acting extremely precariously with metal crutches, and non-slip socks on her feet.
“Broken my femur. Starting to recover,” Shields wrote. “No matter what your challenge, make a positive choice for yourself to move forward. # Start now.”
Shields gave no indication of what caused the injury to her femur or femur, the largest bone in the human body. She also did not provide a timetable for the injury and recovery.
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USA Today reached out to Shield’s press representatives for further comment and elaboration.
The video sent shock waves through the Hollywood community.
“So sorry! Courage … it’s in your blood. Send love,” actress Glenn Close said in the Instagram comment.
“I’m sorry, let me know how you’re doing,” writes Sharon Stone, who offered to bring food.
“So glad I had to see your baby, you looked so good and beautiful and I know it’s a difficult one,” model Helena Christensen wrote.
In recent Instagram posts during the pandemic, one-time Calvin Klein jeans model Shields discussed working out during the pandemic to stay in shape.
“My approach to exercise comes from more of a rehabilitation approach because I had a partial knee replacement in part and I am preparing for a complete knee replacement on my other knee,” Shields explained in one post. ‘the maintenance aspect of getting my muscles activated. It really started when I called my coach and said, ‘Please, can you tell me FaceTime and tell me what I can do?’ And it grew from there. ”