Ashley Judd has been hospitalized after a “catastrophic” accident in Congo.
The actor talked about her recent fall during an Instagram Live interview with The New York TimesNicholas Kristof in which she spoke from the trauma ward of a South African hospital.
Judd, who was in the Congo to track down the endangered Bonobos, explained that she suffered “massive catastrophic injuries” after tripping over a fallen tree. “The following was an incredibly poignant 55 hours,” she said.
Recalling her evacuation from the rainforest, Judd said she lay on the ground for five hours with her “severely deformed leg.”[I was] biting my stick, howling like a wild animal, ”she recalled.
The actor was then taken back to her camp by her ‘Congolese brothers’ before finally biking from the remote location:’ I had to physically hold the top part of my shattered shin together, and we did it for six hours. “
Judd went on to say that she was on the “edge of my edge” during the ordeal, but admitted her “privilege” of coming to a fully equipped hospital for treatment.
“The difference between a Congolese and me is disaster insurance that allowed me 55 hours after my accident to go to an operating table in South Africa,” she said, addressing the Conga villages’ lack of resources and pain. “.
In 2018, Ashley sued Judd Harvey Weinstein for ‘damage to her career’ for rejecting his sexual advances. The disgraced movie mogul was convicted last March of rape in the first and third degrees and is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence.