PARKS and Recreation actress Aubrey Plaza is making the most out of her torn ACL.
She decided to attend a basketball game despite her injury, and made sure to ice and wrap her knee.
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Aubrey, 40, tore her ACL while playing a game of knockout at the Phoenix Mercury practice facility, according to Deadline.
Her injury was seen later that night during the broadcast of the WNBA All-Star game on Saturday, July 20, at the Footprint Center in Arizona, as she sat courtside.
The actress had an ice wrap on her knee, which was covered by a towel with the Gatorade logo on it.
She also had crutches to assist her when she stood up and walked.
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The announcer at the game, Ryan Ruocco, revealed Aubrey’s injury during the game, which happened between the skills event and the game.
“I feel for Aubrey Plaza. She came this weekend with a healthy knee. She’s leaving with a torn ACL thanks to a hardy game of ‘knockout’ at the Mercury practice facility,” he said.
She sat next to former soccer player Megan Rapinoe and former basketball player, Sue Bird.
Sue was even seen adjusting Aubrey’s ice at one point during the game.
Aubrey wore jeans, a white t-shirt with a purple button-down on top, sneakers, and a backward orange baseball cap.
She even got silly at one point and put black sunglasses on as she waved her crutches around.
REPEAT OFFENDER
This is not the first time Aubrey has had a torn ACL.
On Friday, the actress appeared on Megan and Sue’s podcast, A Touch More, and revealed that she has suffered the same injury before.
The first time she did it was during a women’s recreation league in Los Angeles in 2016.
She disguised herself, so she could play on the same team as her sister, Natalie.
I feel for Aubrey Plaza. She came this weekend with a healthy knee. She’s leaving with a torn ACL thanks to a hardy game of ‘knockout’ at the Mercury practice facility,
Ryan Ruocco
“And then, in the middle of the game, I went up for a shot and tore my ACL on the court in a wig,” Aubrey shared.
“That’s kind of like the worst-case scenario because I was trying to go undercover, and I just snapped my knee in half, basically.”
‘NOTHING CAN STOP US!’
Aubrey posted about the injury on her Instagram on Sunday.
“@wnba ALL STAR WEEKEND. How it started…how it went… Nothing can stop us!” she wrote.
“Thank you @wnba for hosting such an amazing weekend and taking such good care of me and my busted knee. Such a great game. See you in Paris (no).”
The first photo had Aubrey stretching, where she laid on the ground and put her legs up above her head.
The next photo had her sitting on a bench with ice on her knee, and then someone came to check out her knee.
However, a few hours later, Aubrey was picture ready as she snapped photo from the front row of the game.
She even stood up with the crutch as one point to greet a player.
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