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Christy Carlson Romano is speaking out about nearly losing an eye after she was shot in the face four months ago.
During an appearance on the upcoming June 10 episode of the “Not a Damn Chance!” podcast, via a sneak peek by People magazine, the 41-year-old former Disney star recalled the terrifying incident while she was shooting clay pigeons with her husband, Brendan Rooney, for his birthday.
Asked how it happened, Romano explained she was not “at liberty to say specifics,” according to People. The actress previously revealed on Instagram that she was “hit in five places,” including below her eye.
Romano shared details for the first time about what transpired.
“It’s a birdshot that got sprayed in my direction by another party, and essentially it was within 200 feet, which means really fast and hot,” she told hosts Neen Williams and Frankland Lee.
“They weren’t malicious,” Romano clarified. “It wasn’t aggravated assault. It’s what happened.”
“If my head would’ve been tilted in any other direction, I would have been blind in my right eye. Or if I had turned my head, I could have gotten hit in a softer side of my skull, and I would have potentially been dead,” Romano said.
“It’s still in my eye,” she said of the pellets from the shotgun.
“I have a fragment still in my forehead, and I have a fragment still behind my eye, which is 1 millimeter away from blinding me.”
Romano previously explained on Instagram that the lead fragment behind her eye had to remain in her face because removing it could leave her blind.
The shot fragment lodged in her skull will also remain in place because doctors said it will expedite her healing process.
During her podcast interview, Romano told hosts she put on a brave face at first and was making jokes about her medical crisis after she arrived at the hospital.
“In retrospect, I was trying to be funny and not cry because I wanted the people around me to feel more calm so that they could take better care of me,” Romano said.
The former Broadway star admitted that it has been difficult to accept she is a “gunshot survivor.”
The sport is typically not considered dangerous as long as safety measures are followed.
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