America’s Got Talent star Jonathan Goodwin has been left paralyzed after a fireball stunt left him with a broken spine and shattered legs, his fiancé Amanda Abbington revealed.
It was in October 2021 last year when the 42-year-old performed the dangerous stunt where he tried to escape from a straight jacket while being hung upside down between two suspended vehicles.
Abbington said that the timing was miscalculated and the vehicles were released too early, leaving Goodwin crushed between the cars before he could escape.
Abbington said that Goodwin will never recover from the accident, which left him with shattered legs.
Speaking with Jay Rayner, she said: “He fell 30 feet and lost a kidney, broke both shoulder blades, shattered both legs.
“Third degree burns, broke his spine and severed his spinal cord and, nearly died. And then on the operating table, he nearly died again.”
The Sherlock star confirmed that it is unlikely Goodwin will walk again.
“He’s paralyzed now he’s in a wheelchair,” Abbington expressed.
“Unless there’s a kind of stem cell surgery or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he’ll be like that forever.”
The actress praised her fiancé for his bravery as he continues the long road to recovery.
“His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like. He’s just incredible, honestly, like so happy, just like a very happy, positive human being, just liquid sunshine.
“He’s amazing.”
Goodwin admitted he had “dodged the worst” but had a “long road to recovery.”
“To death I say nananana boo boo. I have been to the very brink and dodged the worst that a human being can, without fear… because I was protected by love,” he wrote on Instagram.
“Love is all you need, so make sure you get some, cos its good s***. ‘There is a long road to recovery and that won’t look like what it did… I may leave the daft s*** alone for a while, but I have a lot left to do in this world. Maybe we can make something good together?”
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