Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone shattered his pelvis and indifferent his sacrum after a latest fall from a 20-foot ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut.
The “Saturday Evening Stay” alum recounted the incident from his hospital mattress throughout Tuesday’s episode of the “Lonely Island & Seth Meyers” podcast.
“There’s a barn, and the again half of the barn has a giant white wall. And I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is nice. We will do a giant mural,’” the comic mentioned to his co-hosts Meyers, Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg. “The mural can be very, very giant on the high. The apex of this barn is like 25 toes.”
Taccone mentioned that he borrowed ladders, together with one which his neighbor described as “unhealthy.” As in, “you shouldn’t use this ladder. Like, it doesn’t have a footing factor. And I used to be like, ‘No, it’s actually good.‘”
Taccone was utilizing the ladder to hold lights across the barn to spotlight the mural when he fell 20 toes onto his butt.
“I actually have sufficient time as I’m falling to be like, ‘I’m going to die,’” he mentioned.
The accident was on Aug. 31, his daughter’s fifth birthday, in keeping with Us Weekly. “It wasn’t the best solution to begin the day,” Taccone mentioned.
Two days post-surgery, Taccone mentioned the medical doctors anticipate him to stroll once more inside three to 6 months.
“It’s been a extremely scary week, and we’re glad that you just didn’t hit your head and that you just’re not lifeless,” Schaffer mentioned.
There was just one query left: How lengthy do the hosts have earlier than they will poke enjoyable on the accident?
“I imply, don’t you assume it needs to be instantaneous?” Taccone quipped.
Taccone’s movie “Over Your Lifeless Physique,” which he directed, was not too long ago acquired by IFC in Could, in keeping with Deadline. The theatrical launch date is but to be decided.
