Anthony Anderson spent the night in a South African emergency room this week after an on-set stunt went wrong.
The “blackish” star, who recently received rave reviews for his Emmys hosting performance, said he was hospitalized in Cape Town this week after injuring himself during a stunt fight on the set of his upcoming action thriller, “G20.” “.
The 53-year-old actor described the ordeal in an Instagram post on Thursday, looking well enough to downplay the fight, which apparently involved “two thugs and a chair.”
“I spent the night in the emergency room. The fight on the movie set went wrong,” Anderson wrote. “Me against two thugs and a chair! Guess who didn't win! Who needs a specialist? I am who!
Anderson, who shared a photo of himself flashing a peace sign and smiling while lying on a stretcher, joked that he's not as young as he used to be and that his CT scan and X-rays showed nothing fractured or broken in his back. . However, he came away with “a deep contusion,” which is a bruise.
“However, that chair will never be the same again! Bloody and bent but never broken! he added, making even more jokes in a series of hashtags: “#RQQ #G20 #setlife #moviefights #justakidfromcompton #huskyandhandsome #bidzaddy #acbarbeque.”
The actor “is doing well and has returned to work,” a spokesperson for Anderson said Friday in an email to The Times.
Anderson’s “blackish” co-star and on-screen wife, Tracee Ellis Ross, was one of the first to comment on his post, writing, “you are not made of rubber. “I'm so glad you're okay.”
“Stay safe, big brother. “We need you,” added “Supergirl” alum Mehcad Brooks.
“Yeah man…YOU tell the jokes and let a stuntman fight the chair. Now you know what it feels like to get hit in the back crossing the middle 😆🏈,” wrote former NFL wide receiver Desmond Howard.
“First Alabama, now you. Those folding chairs are on display lately. 🪑 🪑 🪑,” former CNN journalist Don Lemon joked, referring to last summer's riverfront melee in Montgomery.
“Stop fighting with chairs, brother!” added “Entertainment Tonight” co-host Kevin Frazier.
“'No! Damn, I can do it!!!! ' Cut to… this photo 😂😂😂😂😂 Get well, my Dert!!!!” wrote comedian Cedric the Entertainer.
Pointing fingers and pulling out receipts, Anderson claimed the perpetrator was a force to be reckoned with in a second post about the incident, presenting a photo of the modeled culprit who killed him to his 1.8 million Instagram followers. . (He also noted that he returned to work the next day).
This is the chair that beat me up last night! he wrote. “There is something about this that is threatening! He hit Me in the kidneys and in the back without mercy! When I arrived on set today he was smiling at me! Little does he know I have something for that ass! He went to learn today! #justakidfromcompton #huskyandhandsome #bigzaddy #acbarbeque”
“G20,” a thriller revolving around the terrorist siege of a G-20 summit, is directed by Patricia Riggen and also stars Anderson’s “blackish” co-star Viola Davis, Marsai Martin, Antony Starr, Ramón Rodríguez , Clark Gregg. , Sabrina Impacciatore and Douglas Hodge.
