‘BLESSED’: Jeremy Renner Reflects on Two-Year Anniversary of Snowplow Accident
By Movieguide® Contributor
Jeremy Renner is marking the second anniversary of his near-fatal snowplow accident with a heartfelt post thanking friends, family and God.
“Happy New Year blessings to you all…. Ringing in my second ‘ReBirthday’ today. I send out my love, respect, and gratitude for the army of people that it took to put me back together again,” the Marvel actor posted on Instagram. “Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder… I literally owe you my life . All my heart goes out to my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who jumped to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the icy asphalt New Years morning.”
Renner continued, “My gratitude list is very long …. With the amount of love and prayers that flooded in from you all around the world (needing each and everyone of them), my family never leaving my side , with some divine intervention, a bit of luck and a whole lot of miracles … I stand strong again. More Open. More Loved. More Connected. And…BLESSED to take my next step, to take MY NEXT BREATH. Thank you with every fiber and cell in my body. I love you ALL.”
Renner was run over by a snowplow in 2023, which left him with countless injuries, including eight broken ribs, two broken ankles, a broken leg, a broken shoulder, and many more.
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“I don’t have the fuel,” he said. “I have so much fuel to put into this reality, this body, all this stuff. I can’t just go play make-believe right now. Because that takes a lot of time to get right here every day just so I can have a positive thought, so I can progress, so I can always keep growing.”
His recovery process took months, but Renner eventually returned to acting, appearing in projects like new seasons of MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN and the upcoming third KNIVES OUT movie.
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Renner recently spoke about how the accident changed him, telling a crowd at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, “I am very, very proud to overcome a great adversity in my life, and I’m forever grateful for all the love and support I’ve gotten from people all around the world, even those I never knew existed, that helped propel me to get better, and it’s the only thing that really kind of defines me in my life at this point.”
He continued, “I did die, and I came back, and I came back for a reason, and nothing to do with me. If it was my choice, I’d rather stay. But I came back, and I’m glad I’m back,” adding, “I’m writing a book about it.”
