‘It was clearly in a crisis’: Anne Heche gets support from Hollywood after car accident
Anne Heche, seen in 2021, is in a coma after a car accident in Mar Vista. (Jordan Strauss / Invision/Associated Press)
Alec Baldwin, Rosie O’Donnell and Rosanna Arquette are among the Hollywood stars who have Anne Heche on their minds after the actor’s fiery car accident last week in Mar Vista.
On Friday, Heche ended up in hospital after crashing her car and setting a house on fire. She is in a coma after suffering burns. As of Monday, Heche “is in critical condition” with “significant lung injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns requiring surgical intervention,” a Heche spokeswoman told The Times in a statement.
Baldwin, who co-starred with Heche in a number of film and stage projects, including “The Juror” and “Twentieth Century,” said he is sending his best wishes to his “old friend of mine.”
“There aren’t many women I’ve worked with who are brave like Anne is brave,” Baldwin said in an Instagram post on Saturday. “She would do anything. She was very original and very brave.”
The “30 Rock” actor praised Heche as “an incredibly talented woman” and said he hopes she will recover from her injuries. However, his followers were not so enamored with her actions on Friday.
“Did you see how reckless she was driving and how she hit a building before she crashed? Did you see the RING doorbell footage? She is lucky she didn’t kill anyone,” an Instagram user replied to Baldwin’s post.
Before the crash, neighbors saw the actor racing down their street. She was also seen buying a red wig at a nearby hair salon in Venice just before her accident.
Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Monday that detectives are investigating the crash and have been issued a search warrant for Heche’s blood to determine if she was driving under the influence. Fifty-nine firefighters responded to the blaze, taking 65 minutes on Friday to completely extinguish the flames.
Hours after the crash, Arquette tweeted that Heche’s fiery accident was “truly tragic” and encouraged her followers to “pray for her.” When a follower questioned Heche’s actions, Arquette said the actor was “clearly in a crisis.”
Heche’s ex-boyfriend James Tupper, with whom she shares a son, Atlas, sent his “thoughts and prayers” with an Instagram photo of the actor on Saturday. Similarly, another ex-boyfriend, Thomas Jane, told the Daily Mail on Saturday that he’s expecting Heche “to pull through” and overcome her injuries.
Peter Facinelli, “Twilight” actor and Heche’s co-star in the 2021 film “13 Minutes,” addressed Heche via his Instagram story, saying he was “praying for you and your beautiful family.”
Rosie O’Donnell also had good wishes for Heche, but only after she backtracked on derogatory comments she made about Heche 20 years ago.
“So I can’t stop thinking about the accident with Anne Heche and how horrific it all is,” she said in a TikTok posted Monday. “I feel bad that I fooled her — [she] talked to Barbara Walters about being in a relationship with aliens.”
O’Donnell referred to a 2002 stand-up comedy show in New York, where she joked about Heche’s 2001 interview with the veteran journalist. The former daytime talk show host also questioned Heche’s pregnancy with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon.
“I wonder if she’s okay,” O’Donnell told TikTok Monday. “I think it’s a miracle she didn’t kill anyone and thank God, or goddess, or anyone else for that. And I hope she survives, but wow. What a tragic story.” O’Donnell added.