Details have emerged following Zac Efron's hospitalization last week following an incident at a pool in Ibiza, Spain.
The “Iron Claw” actor was taken to hospital on Friday as a precaution after suffering a “minor injury while swimming” during his stay at a villa in Ibiza.
The actor shared a photo on his Instagram story on Sunday showing him shirtless, lifting weights on a pink yoga ball. “Happy and healthy, thanks for the well wishes,” he wrote. So far, that was the extent of the details provided.
But TMZ got the scoop, reporting that the 36-year-old actor dove into a pool with friends early that Friday morning, hit the bottom with his chest and ingested a large amount of water into his lungs. Efron appeared dazed for a moment, was pulled from the pool by security and then taken to the hospital as a precaution, the website said.
Efron's representatives did not respond to The Times' request for comment Monday.
The actor is now back in the United States, TMZ reported Tuesday, after taking a private jet on Monday and landing in Miami.
The night before the diving accident, the “High School Musical” star was onstage at a hotel nightclub with DJ Martin Garrix.
Efron recently starred in the Netflix original film “A Family Affair” alongside Joey King and Nicole Kidman. The romantic comedy, which will be released between May and December, centers on the romance between Kidman’s character and the younger Efron’s.
The “17 Again” star is expected to star in Disney’s upcoming remake of the 1987 comedy “3 Men and a Baby,” which is in pre-production. His name is the only one so far attached to a cast that will go where Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson and many other diapers have gone before.
