Dear White People's DeRon Horton Was Shot in the Arm Before Christmas
'Dear White People' star DeRon Horton revealed he is on the mend after he got shot in the arm days before Christmas
DeRon Horton Courtesy of DeRon Horton/Instagram
Dear White Peopleâs DeRon Horton is focused on his recovery after he was recently involved in a shooting.
âFirst off. I wanna give an honor to God for covering me and protecting me to make it out this situation and countless other ones,â Horton, 32, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 16. âEverybody that checked on me n hollaâd at me specially my family n friends I love yall, Thank you.â
Horton uploaded several photos of his injury â including an X-ray that showed the bullet in his arm.
âGettin shot a few days before Xmas def wasnât on my wish list ????????????,â he continued. âBut it happened mf shot thru the car at me bullet broke my arm shattered it all type o sâ. But Iâm Blessed dawg to not be in a casket or paralyzed.â
Horton noted that he was not focused on âhealing,â adding, âI got a plate n screws in my mf arm, so I canât workout for a minute which Iâm mad about BUT it coulda been worse! And I donât need no sympathy Iâm finna bounce right back I feel amazing ????????.â
He concluded: âI just wanted to remind yall and myself to Keep God first! Stay Alert n Grateful for Everything. the devil canât stop sh*t when you walk w God????????.â
The actor received an outpouring of support in the comments section from his former costars, including Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins, who appeared on Dear White People. âThank GOD for your life. Iâm so so SO happy youâre ok,â she wrote.
DeRon Horton Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for AppleTV+Logan Browning, another fellow star from the Netflix series, left an emotional message, which read, âDear God, thank you for protecting my special Deron â¤ď¸â????.â
Samuel L. Jackson, who worked with Horton on The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, reached out to him as well. âGlad youâre still with us, Tuff Stuff!!! Good thing youâre covered by the All mighty????????????????????????,â he replied. âHoping you heal quickly & painlessly as possible????????????????. Stay Blessed????????âźď¸.â
Before playing Lionel on Dear White People, which aired from 2017 to 2021, Horton booked roles in Roman J. Israel, Esq., American Vandal, American Horror Story, Bad Hair, Endless and Bliss. Horton previously reflected on how his career journey allowed him to share the screen with Denzel Washington in Roman J. Israel, Esq.
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âI feel like heâs somewhat changed my life, saved my life,â he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2018. âI will say that him and other people that I look up to very much and to see this person in the flesh and just know in my high school brain, I was like, âI just hope to be like him one day,â and Iâm sitting here looking at him.â
Horton considered it an honor to spend time with Washington on set.
âI want to stargaze, I want to ask him 2,000 questions, but I also want to be as good as him right now and try and create this scene,â he shared. âSo it was really tough, but we got to talk about a lot of stuff. We talked about Shakespeare, we talked about God, we talked about love, making mistakes and stuff like that, but it was a really, really humbling experience for me.â
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