Jeremy Renner Shows Scars in Shirtless Photos for 1st Time After Accident

for the first time, jeremy renner He’s showing his scars from an accident with a snow removal machine that nearly took his life.

Renner, 53, appeared shirtless on the cover of the July/August 2024 issue of men’s HealthA long scar is visible on the right side of his back and smaller scars are visible on his chest.

as a result of January 2023 accident — in which the actor was crushed by a PistonBully, a 14,330-pound snow removal vehicle, near his Nevada home while shoveling snow with his nephew — Rainer suffered over 38 broken bones, including six ribs broken in 14 places, a tibia bone fractured, and a collapsed lung.

,I remember every up and down,” he said of the accident. “I remember my head hitting that thing and it squeezing me — it was exactly what you think it would feel like. An immovable object and a crushing force, and something had to give. But thank God my skull didn’t completely shatter.”

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Renner said he was “screaming for breath” as things began to spin around him.

“The first five minutes were about how I was going to breathe,” he said. “Then after maybe 10 minutes, my neighbors came over, they called 911, and I asked my nephew to hold my arm in this position … because apparently my ribs were poking me and puncturing my lungs. Mind you, my leg was twisted like a pretzel — I didn’t feel that shit!”

avengers star He was eventually rushed to the hospital and spent a significant amount of time in the ICU, an experience he doesn’t remember well.

“What a disaster, man,” Renner said. “Taking a shower, going to the bathroom – everything was a disaster. They give you drugs so you don’t go to the bathroom, so you get constipated. And you pee in a jar. It was horrible. Then you find out things aren’t going well – you’re peeing in a plastic jug.”

Renner revealed it took him 17 minutes to “get out of bed” and that it would take him “half a day” to shower.

“I couldn’t get things wet,” he explained. “Your hair gets so sticky and dirty and smells, but I had all these staples I couldn’t get wet, and I didn’t want to risk infection. So I took sponge baths.”

Slowly but surely, Rainer began to recover With the help of doctors and trainers, during that difficult journey, she began to find strength in small victories.

“People ask how. How do you do it?” he said. “You just work hard, man. Love yourself. Believe in yourself. How do you find confidence? You take one step, then you take another step, and then guess what, hot sauce? You’re moving! You know what I mean?”

He added, “You breathe out, then inhale, then exhale. Now you’re breathing in!”

Reiner – who has previously provided credit their 11-year-old daughter Ava Keeping him motivated throughout his recovery, as well as his return to acting Mayor of Kingstown Season 3, which recently premiered on Paramount+. New episodes stream every Sunday.