Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster suffers nasty elbow injury
Actor, who stars as FBI profiler Emily Prentiss, said she will undergo surgery to repair the fracture
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Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster announced she will be undergoing surgery to repair a fractured elbow she recently suffered after slipping on ice.
The 55-year-old actor, who stars as FBI profiler Emily Prentiss on the long-running drama, shared an image of an X-ray of the fracture on X/Twitter.
âSo I slipped on ice and fractured my elbow pretty badly on Tuesday,â she wrote in the caption. âThank you to everyone at Corewell Grand Rapids Michigan ER. Surgery soon in LA. Iâm on heavy pain meds watching @BachelorABC love you guys!â
In an earlier post, Brewster shared a photo from the hospital of her arm in a sling wrapped in an ace bandage.
âThank you all so much for your support and the laughs,â she said. âBecause you love âŚ@criminalminds, I have you, my CriMi friends, my husband, his beautiful family, my health insurance and the hope for a next season. I love you. Iâm gonna fall asleep now.â
Brewster is best known for here role as Prentiss on Criminal Minds. She first joined the ensemble cast in 2007. She went on to feature as a series regular for a total of six seasons before she eventually left in 2012. She continued making one-off appearances on the show until she later returned as a full-time cast member in 2016.
Paget Brewster will undergo surgery to repair her badly fractured elbow (Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
She additionally reprised her role as Prentiss in a single episode of the two-season spin-off Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
The actor also appeared in the seminal sitcom Friends as Kathy, who dated both Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc).
Earlier this week, Brewsterâs former Criminal Minds co-star Shemar Moore confirmed he and his longtime girlfriend, actor and model Jesiree Dizon, had parted ways.
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âItâs true,â Moore said of the break-up rumors. âBut what you donât know â what you donât need to know either, but I need to say it â I spent five years with Jesiree Dizon. Sheâs an amazing woman for so many reasons.â
Going on to call Dizon, with whom he shares two-year-old daughter Frankie, a âphenomenal mother,â the S.W.A.T. star said: âWhen you hear our business on the internet or wherever, itâs our business.
âNow, if you get in there with the comments and you start trashing and being negative, then you ainât a fan of mine,â Moore added, telling those that choose to âget into all that negativityâ to âkiss my ass.â
Dizon later broke her silence on their recent split in a heartfelt message posted to Instagram.
âEven though our romantic journey has ended, we are still stuck together FOR LIFE so letâs kill this parenting thingâŚ. TOGETHER you are the most amazing daddy to FrankieâŚ.Still and will always be your best role yet. I will always love you,â she wrote.