Published on October 12, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.
Orlando Bloom talks regarding an accident that almost cost him his life – © Peters Doug / EMPICS Entertainment / ABACA
Since 2009, Orlando Bloom has been an ambassador for UNICEF. On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, on October 10, the 45-year-old actor returned unvarnished and with emotions to “one of the darkest periods of his life”, through a video shared by the organization. “When I was 19, I fell three stories out of a window and broke my back,” he says. I was very lucky to survive the fall because my spinal cord was barely intact. I was told for the first four days that I would never walk once more. »
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A near-death experience “
A terrible accident which was for Katy Perry’s fiancé “the starting point of a long and painful journey towards becoming aware of the cause and effect relationship between certain lifestyles that I had adopted and my many accidents” . Orlando Bloom even speaks of a “near-death experience”. Following his fall, the star of “Pirates of the Caribbean” had spinal surgery before having to put on a back corset and follow a complicated rehabilitation. It was following 12 days of hospitalization that the actor was released on crutches.
A terrible ordeal which had a strong impact on his mental health when he returned home. “The months following this accident were rather dark. As I had always had a very active life, I suddenly felt very limited. And then I suffered a lot, ”he says. “Mental health is particularly complex because it is not visible,” he adds. It is really essential to reach out to others, to talk to them, to find someone with whom to establish the communication that will make it possible to change and evolve. This injury, however, allowed him to reflect on his life. “There is always an opportunity for you to transform pain, whether physical or mental.
This isn’t the first time Orlando Bloom has spoken regarding the day he nearly lost his life. On his Instagram account, the actor had shared a photo of him dating from 1998. On the picture, he appeared with an imposing corset. “I am grateful every day for my members who allow me to push my limits and live my life as I hear it (by being more careful)”, he had captioned.
