Kristin Chenoweth Admitted She Regrets Not Suing CBS After Sustaining Injuries On “The Good Wife” Set That “Practically Killed” Her
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Kristin Chenoweth Admitted She Regrets Not Suing CBS After Sustaining Injuries On “The Good Wife” Set That “Practically Killed” Her,It comes almost a year after Kristin recalled being told that she’d “never work again” if she sued “a major network.”
Kristin Chenoweth Admitted She Regrets Not Suing CBS After Sustaining Injuries On “The Good Wife” Set That “Practically Killed” Her
Kristin Chenoweth is opening up about her near-death experience on the set of CBS’s The Good Wife.
Emma Mcintyre / Getty ImagesA decade later, Kristin opened up about the severity of her injuries for the first time in the 2022 essay collection, My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves.
Bravo / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images“My ribs were cracked. My nose and some of my teeth were broken, and I had a skull fracture,” she wrote. “And those were just the injuries that actually showed up on X-rays; never mind the nerve, tissue, and muscle damage I’d have to face in the weeks, months, and years that followed.”
Taylor Hill / FilmMagicAnd Kristin — who ultimately announced her departure from the show — also revealed that she never pursued legal action against CBS out of fear that her career would be impacted negatively.
Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions“I was told that I’d never work again if I sued a major network. And that scared me. I let fear take over and did what so many people do — especially women — in the face of going up against someone or something more powerful than they are. I shrunk,” she wrote.
Steve Granitz / Getty ImagesBut Kristin went on to blast CBS for not taking “responsibility” for the incident, writing that they “exploited the power they held” over a “working actor” such as herself.
Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions“I’m telling my story about what happened, and I really don’t care if CBS never hires me again. They knew I was hurt really badly, but they exploited the power they held over a person like me. I’m a working actor — keyword working,” she wrote.
NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images“Unfortunately, the powers that be at CBS at the time did not take responsibility for what happened to me, but there’s a new regime at the network and they’re just lovely to work with. Leadership matters. Full stop,” she added.
Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images for Friends of Hudson River ParkNow, reflecting on the traumatic incident once more during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Kristin — who details her injury in her new book, I’m No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts — has doubled down on her regret over not taking action against CBS.
Cbs Photo Archive / CBS via Getty ImagesWhen host Andy Cohen asked if Kristin had heard from “anyone at CBS” since sharing the details of the injury in her book, the Wicked star signaled that she hadn’t by slowly shaking her head.
Watch What Happens LiveSpeaking of the reason she avoided taking up legal action against the network, Kristin admitted: “I didn’t do it out of fear and anxiety. So don’t ever let fear rule your life.”
Watch What Happens Live“I have long-standing injuries from that,” she said of the incident, adding that it “practically killed” her. “I wished I had listened to my dad, who said, ‘You’re gonna wanna do this.’”
Watch What Happens LiveSharing further details about the severity of the injury, Kristin recalled the exact moment that she was struck by the piece of lighting equipment.
Bruce Glikas / Bruce Glikas / Getty Images“I heard, like, a flagpole sound. I literally heard, ‘We’re losing the light.’ And I heard, ‘Action.’ And I woke up at Bellevue [Hospital],” she recounted.
Watch What Happens Live“It hit me in the face and it threw me into a curb. Seven-inch skull fracture, hairline cracked — and teeth and ribs,” she explained.
Watch What Happens LiveGoing on to reveal the unlikely thing that “saved” her life, Kristin credited her metal hair extensions with making her hairline fracture “go together.”
Phil Mccarten / Reuters“My hair extensions, you know, made the hairline fracture go together. My doctor said, ‘What are these metal things?’ And I said, ‘They’re hair extensions.’ And he said, ‘They saved your life,’” she said.
Mike Coppola / Getty Images for Hallmark Media“So, anyone who wants to get hair extensions should, for your health,” she quipped.
Gilbert Carrasquillo / Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC ImagesCBS did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’ request for comment.
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