{"id":379,"date":"2026-08-30T13:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:28:31","slug":"hollywood-legend-seen-with-cane-after-surgery-fans-concerned-after-her-painful-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Legend Seen with Cane After Surgery!: Fans Concerned After Her Painful Fall!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Smart was recently spotted in New York City using a cane, just a week after revealing she had suffered a painful knee injury. The 73-year-old\u00a0<em>Hacks<\/em>\u00a0actress was dressed casually yet stylishly and was accompanied by two handlers as she made her way to a performance of her one-woman Broadway show,\u00a0<em>Call Me Izzy<\/em>. Despite her injury, Smart showed remarkable determination to return to the stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58087\" src=\"https:\/\/beaware.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_23-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The injury happened on the Fourth of July while Smart was walking with her sons. She tripped over a small barrier on the ground\u2014something she described as about the size of a hockey puck. She told\u00a0<em>People<\/em>\u00a0that she \u201cwent down like a ton of bricks\u201d and mentioned that a health worker informed her they see \u201cone a day\u201d of people tripping on the same obstacle. When she asked why more complaints weren\u2019t made, she said New Yorkers typically just shrug it off and say, \u201cEh, what are you gonna do?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58088\" src=\"https:\/\/beaware.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"827\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the injury, Smart was forced to take a two-week break from her show. On July 8, she underwent knee surgery, and during her recovery, Tony Award winner Johanna Day stepped in to cover her role. The production was excited to announce Smart\u2019s return to the stage this past Tuesday with an Instagram Story saying, \u201cTonight! Welcome Back Jean.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58089\" src=\"https:\/\/beaware.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"659\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite her injury, Smart was eager to continue performing. She told\u00a0<em>People<\/em>\u00a0she planned to wear a leg brace but reassured fans that her show wouldn\u2019t involve \u201cbig tap numbers and somersaulting across the stage.\u201d In fact, she found that the brace added a new dimension to her performance, making her character feel more \u201ctrapped\u201d and giving her vocal delivery an extra edge since she couldn\u2019t move freely.\u00a0<em>Call Me Izzy<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of a Louisiana woman trapped in an abusive marriage who uses poetry as a means of escape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58090\" src=\"https:\/\/beaware.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_18.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beaware.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_18.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/beaware.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_18-768x504.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Smart remains optimistic about her recovery, saying, \u201chopefully by the time we close, I\u2019ll be skipping around.\u201d The show is scheduled to run through August 24. Her commitment to returning to the stage despite her injury speaks volumes about her professionalism and resilience. Her experience also serves as a reminder of the unexpected dangers posed by everyday obstacles in a city like New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Smart was recently spotted in New York City using a cane, just a week after revealing she had suffered a painful knee injury. The 73-year-old\u00a0Hacks\u00a0actress was dressed casually yet &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rememberstars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}