Minnie Driver revealed in a new social media video that she’s currently recovering from injuries sustained in a recent car accident.
The “Good Will Hunting” and “Emily in Paris” star took to her Instagram on Thursday to share that she’s now on the mend in London after getting “into a really bad car accident” while in France with her friend and fellow actor Ben Homewood.
“We somehow walked out of it. Well, we didn’t walk out of it, we crawled out of it. But we did get out of it alive,” Driver said in the video.
The actress went on to explain that they “were driving on a country road in the middle of France and a car didn’t stop at an intersection.” Driver’s vehicle t-boned the car.
“I’m fine,” Driver said while sporting a neck brace in the clip. “I’ve got a sprained neck and I’m really in shock and sort of cry all the time, but I’m going to heal.”
Driver proceeded to thank the car itself for protecting them during the crash, giving a shoutout to the Kia EV2 vehicle.
“The reason that I’m not dead, honestly, is the car that we were driving,” Driver said. “We were in this little, tiny Kia EV2. I’ve never been in a crash before, but the kind of 360 degree airbags are what saved our lives.”
Driver clarified that the video was “categorically not a car ad,” and that she just couldn’t help but “celebrate that car” for keeping them alive.
“You know I’m Minnie Driver, pun intended,” she joked. “I need to celebrate the car that saved us, because we’ve got family and people who love us, and I am so grateful to be alive.”
“So Kia, you are a baller car company. You’re amazing,” she added. “Thanks very much from me and my mate Ben Homewood and my family and the people who love me.”
In his Instagram stories, Homewood shared images of the car wreck, as well as a photo of himself in a neck brace while receiving medical care.
“We got through it Min,” Homewood posted to his Instagram stories while sharing Driver’s video, adding that he “never thanked a car before.”
Driver also posted on her Instagram stories later on Thursday, writing that she might have to change her name now.
“Even though I wasn’t driving, I’m still changing my name to Kia Driver,” she wrote.
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