The Cult of the Clumsy: Swank Gets Stitches
Filed under: Drama, Celebrities and Controversy
Hilary Swank really gets into her roles -- and danger be damned! She is currently filming P.S. I Love You in
I just really don't get it. Sure, we all have scars and crazy mishaps. Maybe we were bit, burned, or blistered. Maybe we went to the hospital for food or alcohol poisoning. But from a suspender mishap? It seems like one of those plot contrivances in a silly comedy that we chuckle at, but never believe it would happen. 2006 has definitely been Year of the Eyebrow-Raising Injuries. Here are a few:
Eva Longoria - Falls down the stairs after leaving her dressing room, a year after getting swiped by an errant pole.
Lindsay Lohan - First, she fractures her wrist. Then, she's hospitalized for being too hot and dehydrating herself.
David Hasselhoff - This is the ultimate: While shaving, he hits his head and his arm gets sprayed with broken glass.
Is Hollywood getting clumsier, or have we just never heard about these stories before? Better yet, how do they deal with their insurance adjusters? I can hear the conversation now...
[via Monsters and Critics]









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11-07-2006 @ 2:51PM
Diane said...
Forget the stitches....although I do hope she is okay...but Gerard Butler doing a strip? Just when
does this movie come out...lol...I am first in line!
Diane
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11-07-2006 @ 2:52PM
Jibbie said...
Maybe those Suspenders are like me and can't stand Hilary Swank! Good for the Suspenders.
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11-07-2006 @ 2:58PM
Tina said...
Honey, if Gerard Butler were doing a strip for me, I'd take a suspender in the head as a hazard of the job, and be just fine with it. He's one lovely package of a man.
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11-07-2006 @ 3:01PM
Kirsten said...
Finally. A theme for Karate Kid Five and a half. Suspender-fu.
HHHaaaaaiiiiiiyaah!
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11-07-2006 @ 4:07PM
Adam said...
Hey, Sammy Sosa ended up on the disabled list because he sneezed and threw out his back (which I've DONE before). There was also a baseball player who needed stitches because he slashed his hand open with a knife when opening a DVD.
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11-07-2006 @ 4:49PM
Gary Trahan said...
Or what about the baseball player who suffered burns on his chest because he tried to steam press his shirt while still wearing it? The suspender thing sounds probable knowing how those things can take off once released.
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11-07-2006 @ 5:05PM
Joseph McDonald said...
I can only guess that the suspender clamp released. That could do it. An elastic propelled metal object is sure to cause some injury. Too bad it hit such a lovely lady in the face :(
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11-07-2006 @ 5:48PM
Jillian Sjaardema said...
Hell, I'd take a suspender attack if it means Gerard Butler doing a strip tease!!!
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11-08-2006 @ 1:16AM
Sheldon Padawer said...
There are certain things that must remain isolated from each other to avoid injury or disasters. I have found that keeping the penis a safe distance from the zipper after consuming more than 6 ounces of alcohol in one hour can be extremely difficult.
Also it is wise for drunk girls with long hair not to let drunk girl friends zip up their blouses for them. Seeing a girl with her head tipped straight back being led out the door by drunk friends is unbelievable. If I hadn't been trying to unzip my own mistake she would probably not have gotten so mad when I offered to help her get her own zipper down.
Anyhow, the police said that I should have remained in the mens restroom in my condition. The nurse at the police station told me that the only real solution was the same as taking a bandaid off of a hairy area unless I wanted to go for a thousand dollar emergency room visit. As good as alcohol is at killing germs, it hurts a lot on a penis gash. The worst part was the empty stomach feeling I got seeing tiny piece of skin left in the zipper.
I know this sounds made up. But the fact is that this is not the oddest paradox I have lived through. My friend bob fell off a chair at 3:00PM on a Friday while he was setting up weekend sale displays in his mens clothing store. He broke his right forearm. Meanwhile - his wife Terri was leaving their apartment for work when a recliner a guy was trying to carry down the stairs behind her fell from his grasp and broke her right forearm when she tried to protect herself from the coming impact. To make things worse, Bob and Terri had just traded in a Chevrolet Suburban and a Acura 3.5RL for "his and her" BMWs - a 330 and a 540 - both with manual transmissions. They both managed with rides from friends for a week or two, but it was just weird how it happenned.
Meanwhile a friend,s father in Memphis, TN bought the first Oldsmobile with an airbag way back in the early mid seventies. It was like an $800 option on a $4500 car. He always drove slow and talked about his driving as he drove - enough to make you puke (I was a kid). While he was crossing the old Mississippi River bridge one day, a dump truck coming the other way had a universal joint failure in the driveshaft. The driveshat broke loose from the transmission so that the rear end was spinning it causing it to flail around enough for a split second to go right through his windshield and partially decapitate him.
SO I WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING FREAKISH CAN HAPPEN.
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11-12-2006 @ 1:51AM
onna Jean Montalbano said...
Hu All,
I feel bad that poor Hilary was hit with Gerry Butler's suspender...but I am sure that is actually hurting him more than her. Gerry Butler is such a kind and giving man so stop calling him clumsy. Goofy things can happen. I read the book and am anxious just to see them both in this cute picture. I hope Hilary is feeling better and sweet Gerry is also doing well.
amoung the thousands of fans of Gerard (Gerry) Butler a giving, kind, and oh so nice human being.
Donna Jean Montalbano and hubby George and our clan
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