May 17 2007Jenna Fischer has a broken back
Jenna Fischer (Pam from The Office) fractured four bones in her back Monday night after slipping on the marble steps at Buddakan.
A friend said she spent the night in St. Vincent's hospital and had to cancel an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and a Harper's Bazaar shoot. Fischer's rep, Lewis Kay, said yesterday she's "doing much better and is resting at her hotel. Her husband [director James Gunn] flew in to be with her."
She's lucky she's not paralyzed. And how did she fracture four bones from slipping? Is she made out of glass? I got hit by a truck once while napping in the street and all I suffered was a headache. Although the truck exploded on impact and I think the driver died. Maybe all the ladies are right. Maybe I am too manly.
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Reader Comments
1. Seabiscuit - May 17, 2007 4:59 AM
Who?
2. jen - May 17, 2007 5:05 AM
from the office! she's awesome! hope she feels better.
3. ! - May 17, 2007 5:07 AM
OMG! PAM! :(
4. CHA - May 17, 2007 5:09 AM
i heart jenna fischer.
5. Chauncey Gardner - May 17, 2007 5:10 AM
The "slipping" thing is a cover story. She broke her back fucking ME.
6. MadRavingStark - May 17, 2007 5:17 AM
Oh no, this is one actress that actually has talent. I hope she's okay!
7. NicotineEyePatch - May 17, 2007 5:17 AM
Why couldn't it have happened to Cheap Trick?
8. invaderzim - May 17, 2007 5:27 AM
bummer...
9. Fifth Stooge - May 17, 2007 5:43 AM
She seems affable.
Pretty funny #7.
10. Erica - May 17, 2007 5:54 AM
I like her. She's the Hottie Next Door.
11. Kim - May 17, 2007 5:54 AM
At first I thought "who the hell is that? she wasn't in The Office."
And then I realised that when you meant "The Office" you meant that crappy show that was a complete rip off of the British version, and wasn't even funny.
So I honestly couldn't care less.
12. Kamihi - May 17, 2007 5:59 AM
An American "The Office" Jesus, can you Yanks think of nothing original you want to speak like us now you take our TV shows and copy them! I don't know her but y'know I feel sorry for her, get better soon Petal!
13. footmaster - May 17, 2007 6:03 AM
she has pretty feet, as least her toes are okay.
14. Alllegiononflegit - May 17, 2007 6:27 AM
I guess it is missionary position for her for a while.
15. bungoone - May 17, 2007 6:36 AM
i'm pretty sure it's not considered a "rip off" because it IS the American version. dumbass.
16. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 6:36 AM
#12==no one wantz to
speak like u azzholez..
Oh yea, you gay fuck
buddies are waiting
for u....
scotlandf'nyard &
marcos glez
Is everyone in
Europe gay?
17. Gina - May 17, 2007 6:52 AM
Not to make this an America vs. Europe comment, but what's up with most European men NOT wearing socks with their shoes? Ewwww! Smelly! In America dudes who want the no-sock look still wear socks, just little ones you can't really see.
18. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 7:02 AM
#17==glad to answer that..
they like their feet and
shoez to smell like their
horrible breath,green teeth
and I'm sure the smell their
azz letz off is the best U get.
England & Europe
quit stinking up the
world..........
19. gooniesneversaydie - May 17, 2007 7:15 AM
Another stupid Euro who still cannot get over 1776.
Listen, first it is ironic that you blast Yanks for not being original yet you are a registered member and regular visitor of an American website. Dont they have anything good with a .UK domain?
Second, it was Ricky Gervais from the original UK show who gets creator and producer credits on the US version of the Office.
Third, the UK version was great. And it only lasted 2 seasons. The US version is better and has 30+ episodes on order for the 4 season.
Fourth, London is a great place for Indian food. Have to give them props for that. British cuisine is nasty, but man if that curry isnt tasty!
20. jenster - May 17, 2007 7:17 AM
um #12? madonna and douchebag paltrow are the
only "yanks" that want to talk like you.
I hope you get cancer in an inoperable
place, preferably at the base of your spine.
oh and ps,
ALL of Europe is gay
21. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 7:20 AM
whatz wrong?
don't the English
brokebackz have
nothing to say?
May U three should star in the
England version of:
BROKE BACK IN SCOTLANDF'NYARD!!!!
22. Rack - May 17, 2007 7:21 AM
Wow Kim, that's really nice. Someone fractures their back and could have died, and you're complaining about the U.S. vs. English version of the show they are on....that is pretty heartless.
23. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 7:25 AM
the only reason
Madonna wantz
to talk like
u azzholez, coz
she ran outta
Americaz dickz
to suck, she had
to get a second
language to relate
to millionz of more
dickheadz like U!!!
24. Jason The Barbarian - May 17, 2007 7:31 AM
Thank you #19.
25. JaeMae - May 17, 2007 7:39 AM
#19- right on!
LOVE the british show, LOVE the american one. I am going to see Ricky Gervais at MSG on Saturday and am super excited!
oh, and i LOVE being a YANK.
26. jenster - May 17, 2007 7:40 AM
just like a sissy European......they run their gay little mouths and then they run away..........I've got a puppy thats tougher than Europe...pussies.
27. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 7:51 AM
not to mentioned their
small dickz they took
with them when they left.
U English need to hook up
with DrDickBreathPlowShit,
he lovez to trash and run,
he also lovez small dickz...
28. slash - May 17, 2007 7:56 AM
Marble is slippery, especially when it's wet. I know, because my entire car is made of marble and that thing is a bitch to drive in the rain.
Hope what's her face gets well soon and gets lots of drugs. Back injuries are painful.
29. sharon - May 17, 2007 7:59 AM
She's hilarious and so down to earth. I really hope she gets better soon!
30. honeydew - May 17, 2007 7:59 AM
@19 I love you.
31. DrPhowstus - May 17, 2007 8:00 AM
where did those little dicks go?
32. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 8:02 AM
@31 Wait your turn PLOWSHITZZZZ, I'm buzzzzy with the rimjobzzzzzz.
33. karen - May 17, 2007 8:13 AM
for the love of god krazihottkelli learn how to fucking type...and try and gain at least one ounce of maturity...
34. DrPhowstus - May 17, 2007 8:16 AM
I will now go to England
to look for my small dicks.
35. luvpam - May 17, 2007 8:21 AM
KRAMER: It's Pam.
JERRY: Pam? What about Pam?
KRAMER: I love her, Jerry!
JERRY: You what?
KRAMER: I love her!
JERRY: Is that right?
KRAMER: Oh, she's uh...she's real. She can bring home the bacon and fry it in the pan.
JERRY: What does that mean?
KRAMER: Oh, and that voice!
JERRY: What about her name?
KRAMER: Pam? Oh, it's a beautiful name. Pam. Pam. Pam!
JERRY: She's got really nice hair.
KRAMER: Oh, it's incredible. Although, I might replace her tortoise clip with one of those velvet scrunchies. I love those.
JERRY: You've got really specific tastes.
KRAMER: Oh, I know what I want, Jerry.
JERRY: She's got nice calves.
KRAMER: Oh, she's a dreamboat. But, you don't like her, so...
JERRY: Maybe I could, you're making some pretty good points.
KRAMER: No you can't, Jerry.
JERRY: But I might.
KRAMER: Oh, no you don't.
JERRY: Why not? The voice? The calves? The bacon?
KRAMER: What...?
JERRY: I think I can! I even like the name! Pam!
KRAMER (frantic): Huh?
JERRY: Pam!
KRAMER: Huh?
JERRY: Pam!
36. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 8:23 AM
#32 is not me, for real..
#34, I freakin knew it...
37. DrPhowstus - May 17, 2007 8:26 AM
#35 your a fucking idiot whale.
Now where are my English lads?
38. #37 - May 17, 2007 8:47 AM
Its Seinfeld you freaking buck toothed abomination.
Your English "lads" are all on tea break
39. combustion8 - May 17, 2007 8:47 AM
#11 & #12 shes on the funny version of the office... bloody pasty euro trash.
40. Washington - May 17, 2007 9:11 AM
Thinking she needs some sexual healing.
#19 wins the thread/post/whatever you call these things.
41. lambman - May 17, 2007 9:11 AM
Poor girl, she seems like such a sweet-heart and she's so funny! I can't wait to see The Office season finale tonight, she's just so freaking adorable.
42. Massgrrl - May 17, 2007 9:23 AM
She fractured four bones in her back and is resting *in her hotel*? Shouldn't she be, I dunno, *in the hospital*?
I call bullshit on this story.
43. techclerk - May 17, 2007 9:37 AM
#12
Naw, we have trouble thinking of things that are original... So, when do you think the Indiannapolis Colts will play the Monarchs?
44. Dorepoll - May 17, 2007 9:42 AM
Oh no, Pam!
Great actress, hope she's all better for Season 4. Would have liked to see her on Conan, though.
45. veggi - May 17, 2007 9:44 AM
I heart her too! And I love Jim. aaaahhh, Jim.
46. techclerk - May 17, 2007 9:48 AM
Actually, I'm a big fan of britcoms because they have no commercials and the shit is funny sometimes.
Please, can anyone remember a show about a guy named Gavin who worked at a small newspaper? He was a genius liar, yet fate always put him into a horrible situation and his lies fall apart at the very end of each episode.
I'd like to find that show and buy a copy of the whole season. It was really a great show. Perhaps better than the Office.
47. JaeMae - May 17, 2007 9:48 AM
who doesnt love jim? so cute!
and you gotta love Tim from the british version too. they have the nice guys finish last routine down pact!
48. Lysandra - May 17, 2007 9:54 AM
Her dress sucks.
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49. bungoone - May 17, 2007 9:55 AM
i'm sure i would find the british version hilarious if i could understand an effing word they were saying!
50. techclerk - May 17, 2007 10:16 AM
Anybody watch "Keeping Up Appearances"? The first couple times you watch it, the show is unbearable. But then it gets funnier every episode.
51. Riles - May 17, 2007 10:21 AM
Maybe she has hollow bones like the girl on 30 Rock.
52. bigsteamyone - May 17, 2007 10:24 AM
#7 - that is one great live album , and one funny comment. i love pam on that show , the writers should let her wear something a little more sexy in the office.
53. ashlee - May 17, 2007 10:31 AM
Jenna is an amazing person, i hope she recovers quickly!!!
54. fergernauster - May 17, 2007 10:36 AM
Wow. She's slimmer here and looks so much more attractive with the auburn locks.
Very cute...
55. WOOOO - May 17, 2007 10:55 AM
#11 and #12, British comedy fucking sucks so we made it 10 times better.
56. the Office kicks ass! - May 17, 2007 11:04 AM
for all of you The Office haters (american version)
just want you to know that the creater of the original version (Ricky G) is one of the executive producers of the american version. He even wrote one of the episodes from this season. also the British version was a miniseries not a recurring tv show.
we couldn't understand a word of dialogue from the british version so we decided to make a better version
Jenna Fischer is the heart and soul of that show - hope she gets better soon
57. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 11:23 AM
Iknow itz
Sinfield,
dickbreath.
Itz boring..............................
58. lambman - May 17, 2007 12:33 PM
#11, #12 and all other whiny British people
Ricky Gervais is a writer and executive producer of the American "The Office" so it's not "yanks being unoriginal" or a "rip off" of the UK version. Its the same creater producing pretty much the same show just for a different country.
so maybe instead of complaining that US networks rip off your show you should be complaining the UK TV producers whore out their products to the US
59. happy_bunny - May 17, 2007 12:49 PM
That's really terrible and I hope she recovers quickly with no long-term ailments or pain.
That said, this is nothing compared to the time my cousin Mufasa was trampled to death by a pack of wildebeests.
60. FuckOffHomophobicBicth - May 17, 2007 1:06 PM
This goes out to all those who have posted their lame patriotic and/or homophobic comments (a strange but unsurprising correlation) and reveal themelves as shit for brains, conformist, nazi, Bush-electing, insecure asswipes, just SO fucking obsessed with all things sissy and gay and so intent on defending their false male bravado, why don't you all just go do what you REALLY WANT TO DO and stick a big dick in your mouth right now or better yet, stick a gun in there and blow that fucking pathetic excuse for a brain off and do all of us a BIG favor. Or for the ignorant skanks like krazihottkelli or jenster- you're lame and unoriginal pseudolanguage and uptight defensiveness only expose you as mouth-breathing, victim-for- life bitches just drooling for attention and waiting for their men to get home and disresepect them (I can only imagine what you're like in real life).
61. phyllis - May 17, 2007 1:40 PM
get well soon jenna!
she's too freaking cute.
I can't wait for tonight's finale. That is seriously the best show on tv.
62. Joeri - May 17, 2007 2:24 PM
Well, I'm European, and I like the US version of the office more, so there...
All you Jenna fans, go see Blades of Glory. Seriously, you won't be disappointed.
63. MadameO - May 17, 2007 3:19 PM
The UK show was 2 episodes: it's called quitting while you're ahead.
The US show goes on ad infintum: it's called flogging a dead horse.
64. Steve - May 17, 2007 3:27 PM
#50: I LOVE "Keeping Up Appearances." It's one of my favorite shows.
Jenna is so hot and sweet; I just wish that James Gunn character hadn't got to her and corrupted her. I read his book The Toy Collector and now, every time I see her picture, I think of all the dirty sexual things he's done to her. A thousand showers won't wash those Gunn cooties away.
65. the office kicks ass - May 17, 2007 4:03 PM
MadameO (post #63)
hahahah - LOL
is that how its done in the UK..
well, we made 2 shows, and people seem to like it - we should quit while we're ahead!
I hope the american Office runs on TV for at least 5 more years. its by far the best show on TV today. its different and absolutely hilarious
66. StoneRose - May 17, 2007 5:10 PM
What about Monty Python and
Are You Being Served? Haha, flaming ol' Mister Humphries, lol.
67. Kelly - May 17, 2007 8:12 PM
#60==oh my good sir...
U can't fool me
I can see right thru
that shit...........
And yea, I don't have
an asshole man coming
home ready to abuse me..
U fuckin wish....
I'm not that stupid, bitch..
America is know for so much
slang, it ain't even freakin
funny, so fuck off, old shit..
68. krazihottkelli - May 17, 2007 8:27 PM
#60==I'm not
homo-phobic, either
lotz of us girlz
had friendz in school
who were gay, bi, lesbian,
we love them all,
so STFU, U have no idea...
69. mikloso - May 17, 2007 10:44 PM
Christ man... how the hell does Lohan beat her on the hottest 100 women? She looks more sexy in the "i am a mom or i wanna be a mom" outfit then Lohan looks in that getup she's wearing. The world must be coming to an end, i swear it.
70. lala - May 17, 2007 10:56 PM
She has osteoperosis... bones shouldn't break like that.
71. techclerk - May 18, 2007 8:24 AM
Mr. StoneRose... Are you free?
72. alex - May 18, 2007 12:47 PM
"She has osteoperosis... bones shouldn't break like that."
Oh yeah? When is the last time you fell down marble stairs?
73. t - May 19, 2007 11:24 PM
do europeans have anything to do besides bash america to make themselves feel good?
besides ricky gervais loves the american office
74. OMGimANNOYED! - June 27, 2007 3:03 PM
KRAZIHOTTKELLI DO US ALL A BIG FAVOR AND STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you act like an 8 year old with a serious problem with her typing. is your S key broken? learn how to type!