Jared Padalecki updates fans on recovery following serious car accident: ‘I’m so lucky’

Subsequent the announcement of his the latest automobile incident practical experience, Walker star Jared Padalecki took to Twitter Tuesday to update supporters vis-à-vis the street to recovery. “Hey y’all!” he wrote, which include a selfie with his daughter, Odette. “I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of really like. I’m undoubtedly on the mend and hoping to return to filming later this 7 days. I’m so blessed to have had the greatest care and be surrounded by persons who really like me. So grateful for everyone.”

Padalecki’s longtime Supernatural co-star — Jensen Ackles — was very first to break the news of the vehicular incident while appearing at a enthusiast conference in New Jersey above the weekend.

“He was not driving, he was in the passenger seat and he’s blessed to be alive,” Ackles told the stunned group. “Not only that, but he’s property recovering. The point that he’s not even in a hospital correct now is blowing my mind because I saw the vehicle. There had been no fatalities, but he’s recovering [and] he sends his like. That airbag packs a punch and he’s like, ‘I come to feel like I went 12 rounds with [Mike] Tyson.’ But he’s accomplishing alright and he’s going about. Just maintain him in your ideas, deliver him some adore, give him a chance on social, and he’ll be again with us before long.”

Padalecki now headlines The CW’s Walker, a fashionable-working day reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger. Designed for tv by Anna Fricke (a veteran of Wayward Pines and 4400), the series was not too long ago renewed for a 3rd season. A prequel spinoff, Walker: Independence, scored a pilot purchase in February.

The network is also performing on a Supernatural prequel centered close to the youthful moms and dads of Sam and Dean Winchester. Meg Donnelly (High University Musical: The Musical – The Collection) and Drake Rodger (The In Amongst) have been cast in the lead roles, with Ackles connected as narrator and govt producer. Nida Khurshid (Station 19) and Tv newcomer Jojo Fleites will engage in a pair of demon hunters.

Story carries on

1st introduced past summer time, The Winchesters brought about a limited-lived controversy concerning Padalecki and Ackles, nevertheless the misunderstanding was promptly fixed between the two actors.

“I like Jensen deeply,” Padalecki mentioned not extensive right after. “He’s my brother — he has been for several decades, and he constantly will be, no matter what,” Padalecki reported. “He’s invested more time with me on digital camera than any person almost certainly ever will, so he understands my strengths and weaknesses far more than I do, and vice versa. I regard his impression.”