Busy Philipps Takes a Tumble in NYC, Sustains Minor Injury While Carrying Ceramics: ‘Casualties Along the Way

Following a significant fall, Busy Philipps is picking up the pieces.

The 43-year-old Girls5Eva actress shared a photo of her bloody, scraped knee along with some broken ceramics on Saturday. She captioned the image, saying she had fallen and broken some of her pottery, but she had also learned a valuable lesson.

In the caption of each picture from the carousel Philipps numbered, she provided context by writing, “1. fell in the street in New York. 2. literally had all of my glazed ceramics with her. there were losses. 3. art. similar to life. such as everything. is ephemeral.
Please keep that in mind.
”.

There were casualties after Busy Philipps fell while carrying glazed ceramics on a New York City street and scraped her knee.
The result of a bad fall, Busy Philipps displays her bloody knee.
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Cricket, Busy Philipps’ 10-year-old daughter, is a “true living unicorn,” and Busy Philipps is “eternally grateful” for her.

She added, “4.
Because sometimes, just when everything seems to have gone exactly as you had hoped, it gets thrown to the ground out of the blue, leaving you to stare at the sky for a moment before realizing that the people rushing over to check on you are worried you may be dead. ”.

After renumbering her subsequent block of text with the number four, the Dawson’s Creek star penned: “You get back up after everything breaks and tell them you’re okay and pick it all up and walk home with your pieces because what the f—ing choice do we have? Also, you know you can always make more.”. ”.

The poem “TO THE WOMAN CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY IN THE NEXT STALL” by Kim Addonizio was also shared by the speaker. “.

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Philipps described what transpired in a video posted to her Instagram Story while visibly upset. You’re not going to believe what just f—ing happened, she said as the clip opened, clearly upset. “.

She continued, “I spent the morning doing pottery,” but paused to display the cuts on her arm and knee. She sarcastically asked, “How’s it going, guys? Because it’s not great here.”.

Oh my god, I fell, she exclaimed while covering her face with her hand. ”.

“They’re all [broken]. Regarding her ceramics, Philipps claimed that “everything broke.”. “The transience of art and your girl’s clumsiness. ”.

There were casualties after Busy Philipps fell while carrying glazed ceramics on a New York City street and scraped her knee.
Philipps displays her broken pottery in her busy state. BUSY INSTAGRAM/PHILIPPS.
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I flew too close to the sun, and all their wings broke off,” she chuckled, drawing a comparison between herself and Icarus. “.

“Thank you to the kind people who saved me,” she continued, “as I lay on the sidewalk because I just was like, “I’m not getting up,” and I just looked up and was like, “I’m not getting up. ’”.

She claimed that some pottery pieces, including her “f—ing beautiful owl,” which she referred to as a “survivor,” did manage to escape the rubble. ”.

Cricket, her 10-year-old daughter, and best friend Kate both had “special little pots” that survived the night and were still “mostly intact.”. ” .

Before realizing a planter also survived, she uttered the words “We lost everything else, guys.”. The remaining flying pigs were lost, and the candlestick made of a mushroom was all but lost. ”.

After that, she posted a picture of herself in the bathtub to her Instagram Story with the caption, “A bath was the only option” at that point in the disappointing day.