“I broke my ass”: Lena Meyer-Landrut describes in a podcast in drastic words how her riding accident happened.
Lena Meyer-Landrut, 32, speaks for the first time in the SWR3 podcast “1 plus 1 – Friendship on time” about her riding accident, in which she sustained a double fracture of the sacrum. The episode can be heard from September 6th in the ARD Audiothek, on SWR3.de and wherever there are podcasts.
Lena Meyer-Landrut about her bad accident
In an interview with podcaster Giulia Becker, 32, the singer first reports why she only takes part via video and not live: “I’m fine, but I broke my ass. (…) I fell off the horse. ” Then she tells how the fateful incident came about: “After 15 years it was my second riding lesson – or almost 20 years – and I used to ride horses. And then I thought, ‘That’s really cool, wide. I’ll drive sometimes to a riding stable and then I’m alone – and I’ll just do something for myself.” The first riding lesson went very well.
“… and then I fell down”
In the second hour, however, galloping was on the agenda. “And then we galloped, and then the horse definitely had a lot of fun and didn’t want to stop galloping. But I wanted to stop.” The centrifugal force then pushed them outwards. “It pushed me outwards and then I fell down. (…) Then I practically fell on my lower back and broke two of my vertebrae.” She is now dealing with the injury. “It definitely wasn’t funny. The first few days were really shitty and emotionally tough because you get completely different ideas.”
After the accident “grounded”
The simplest things suddenly became a challenge, as the singer describes: “You can’t move at all. Above all, you can’t get up, sit down, bend down, pick up things and it’s all so difficult.” But she was lucky in her misfortune. Although she still suffers from pain, there will be no long-term impairments. “But when you lie there and then think for a moment, ‘Okay, it wasn’t much missing and then my legs just wouldn’t have been able to be used anymore, so to speak.’ That’s really hard. That’s what I mean by this treasure.” She was “definitely more grounded now after the accident”. And despite the tough weeks, she can even imagine getting back on the saddle again.
She had to cancel her appearance on “RTL Stars for Free”.
The singer has occasionally given insights into her health on her Instagram page. She recently wrote about a picture: “A few weeks ago, when the studio was still going well.” She had previously reported in a story: “Healing a fracture takes strength. I put on make-up today and recorded a podcast and I’m completely in the bucket.”
On August 8, the singer posted an X-ray and explained that she fell off her horse and suffered a double cruciate ligament fracture. “I’m trying to recover as best I can now, do it calmly and slowly.” She had to cancel her appearance on August 26 at “RTL Stars for Free” in Berlin. She still needs “protection and healing before it starts again”, she let her followers know. “The stage with you bucks so much and I’m happy when it’s that time again soon.”
Celebrities get to know each other in the podcast
Now fans can at least hear them on the podcast. The idea behind “1 plus 1 – temporary friendship”: Two prominent personalities who don’t know each other or who hardly know each other talk to each other every Wednesday for a month. After four episodes, they have to decide if they want to stay friends.
Sources used: 1 plus 1 – temporary friendship, ardaudiothek.de
