Frankie Muniz — the “Malcolm within the Center” star turned NASCAR driver — is off the racetrack, for now no less than.
The actor is recovering from a damaged wrist he suffered after falling from a ladder at his house, he wrote on Instagram on Thursday.
“The phrase ‘FML’ (Frankie Muniz’s Life) takes on new that means with moments like these,” he wrote.
The accident got here proper earlier than a NASCAR occasion at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., over Labor Day weekend.
Muniz shared that the ladder mishap occurred when he was making an attempt to vary batteries on a yard safety digicam. Whereas he joked in regards to the scenario, he stated he’s heartbroken to overlook the competitors.
Nevertheless, Muniz’s NASCAR profession is much from over. He estimates he’ll be again behind the wheel inside just a few months.
Muniz started his skilled driving profession in 2006, after the tip of “Malcolm within the Center,” a transfer that stemmed from his lifelong admiration for the game.
This isn’t the primary time Muniz has discovered himself on the mend. In a earlier interview, the 39-year-old instructed Individuals that he’s merely “injury-prone,” and broke 38 bones between 2006 and 2017.
Muniz was concerned in a crash at a 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection Championship at Phoenix Raceway in Arizona. In line with reviews from a journalist on the observe, Muniz was seen limping into an ambulance after a tough hit from behind, however escaped main damage.
Neither that nor his newest fall are as harrowing as his main crash in 2009.
Throughout a race, the then-21-year-old’s car flipped and violently crashed right into a wall. He described the crash as “gnarly” and stated it resulted in him breaking his again, ankle, 4 ribs and a hand.
“My thumb was dangling by the pores and skin,” Muniz instructed Individuals.
Compared, his latest fall from the ladder was a bump within the highway. Because the actor-turned-racer recovers, he plans to come back again to racing full-force — and doubtless observe the directions on his ladder a bit of extra carefully.
“Be aware to self: heed the ladder warning that claims, ‘Don’t sit or stand on prime step,’” Muniz wrote on social media. “In hindsight, a taller ladder would’ve been smarter. Whereas I’m gutted to overlook the races, I’m grateful it wasn’t worse.”
