Orlando Bloom recalls the incident in his youth, as a result of which he almost died

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UNICEF published a conversation with its ambassador, 45-year-old Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom, timed to coincide with World Mental Health Day (it was celebrated on October 10). Bloom frankly spoke about the “dark times” of his turbulent youth and recalled a terrible incident, as a result of which he almost died. At the age of 19, the actor fell from the third floor and broke his spine.

When I was 19, I fell out of a third-story window and broke my back,” he said. – I was very lucky that I survived the fall, my spinal cord was intact. For the first four days I was told that I would never walk again. For me, this was the beginning of a long and painful path to awareness and understanding of certain patterns of my behavior in the past, which led me to numerous accidents. The climax was that I broke my back, it was an experience on the brink of death.

Then, according to Bloom, followed by a complex operation and a rather long period of rehabilitation, accompanied by pain and malaise.

The months after the fall were a dark time. As someone who has always been very active in life, I suddenly felt so many limitations. Besides, I was in a lot of pain.

Following the main theme of the video, Bloom noted the importance of talking about mental health.

Protecting mental health is particularly challenging because of its “invisibility”. It is very important to lend a helping hand to people, to talk to them, to find someone to provide the opportunity to communicate so that this leads to transformation and change, the actor believes.

In early August, it became known that Orlando Bloom and his wife, singer Katy Perry, are planning a second child. The stars have been together for 6 years. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter, Daisy Love. More recently, Katie has sparked rumors of a second pregnancy. She took the stage in a tight pink dress, and attentive viewers noticed that during the performance, the singer was “stroking her rounded tummy.” However, these conjectures have not been confirmed.

Orlando Bloom is best known for his roles in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, the films Troy and Kingdom of Heaven, and the TV series Carnival Row.