Drew Barrymore helps injured Aubrey Plaza onto TV set after White Lotus actress, 40, walks out with cane nine weeks following ‘bad accident’
Aubrey Plaza supported herself with a cane during an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, nine weeks after suffering a “serious accident” to her knee.
The White Lotus actress, 40, made her walking stick debut when she New York City studio, and was joined on set by presenter Drew, 49, and her My Old Ass colleague Maisy Stella, 20.
When they arrived at the sofa, Aubrey sat down and gave Maisy a cheeky nudge with her stick, while the TV presenter hugged her.
Drew then asked, “What happened, honey?”
“Oh, I just had a bad accident with my knee,” Aubrey replied.
Aubrey Plaza supported herself with a cane during an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show
The White Lotus actress used a brown cane as she entered the New York City studio
“It’s also the second time I’m doing it. I did my left one seven years ago, when I was playing basketball. And now I did my right one.”
In July, Aubrey announced on Instagram that she tore her ACL during WNBA All-Star Weekend.
“How it started…how it went…,” she wrote, alongside a series of photos from the weekend, including one showing her with an ice pack on her right knee.
Aubrey continued: ‘Nothing can stop us! Thank you @wnba for hosting such an amazing weekend and taking such good care of me and my broken knee.
‘What a great match. See you in Paris (no).’
Earlier this month, Aubrey spoke candidly about her experience with paralysis following a stroke at age 20.
On The Howard Stern Show she said, “It was wild. It happened in the middle of a sentence.”
Aubrey explained that she suffered the stroke while out for dinner with friends while attending New York University.
The actress pretended to be shy when Drew asked her what happened, saying only that she had injured her right knee
Aubrey announced in July that she tore her anterior cruciate ligament during the WNBA All-Star Weekend
“I took the train to Astoria to have lunch with my friends and walked into their apartment — I hadn’t even taken my coat off — and it just happened,” she said.
She added: ‘I was paralysed, but really only for a minute or so. I lost my motor skills for a little bit. The scariest part was I forgot how to talk.’
Aubrey and Maisy were guests on Tuesday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show to talk about their comedy film My Old Ass. The film centers on Elliott Labrant (played by both Maisy and Aubrey) who is advised by her future self not to fall in love.
Aubrey said of the film: ‘When I read the script, I cried. I cry every time I watch it.
She shared some snaps of her recovery on her social media page
‘It’s a universal concept: time flies and our relationships are so important.
“And then you look back on your life and wish you had spent more time with your loved ones.”
Maisy added: ‘I still haven’t really wrapped my head around it [around it] I think it was because it was my ideal project.
“I was obsessed with everything around it.”
She continued, “When I first read it, I was alone in my room and I couldn’t help but read the lines out loud. I was just so excited.”