Ellen DeGeneres first reacts to Anne Heche’s hospitalization after car crash – National
Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres shared a few words about her ex’s fiery crash and first hospitalization in a short interview.
Anne Heche, who was dated by DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000, is currently in a coma following a fatal car crash on August 5.
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DeGeneres, 64, was approached on Monday by a Daily Mail photographer in Santa Barbara, California, who asked about Heche’s condition.
“We don’t communicate with each other, so I wouldn’t know,” DeGeneres replied before adding, “I don’t want anyone to get hurt.”
“It was a pretty dangerous accident that happened, wasn’t it?” asked the cameraman.
“Sure,” DeGeneres said as she got into her car.
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DeGeneres is the latest celebrity to react to Heche’s accident.
Alec Baldwin, Heche’s frequent co-star, shared a video on Instagram on Saturday in which he wished Heche a speedy recovery.
Baldwin said: “Not many women I’ve worked with are brave in the way that Anne is brave. “I love you Anne, I love you and I think you’re a talented person and I hope everything is fine, I hope you get through this.”
“My heart goes out to you,” Baldwin added. “I’m sending you all my love.”
Rosanna Arquette tweeted her best wishes to Heche on the day of her accident, writing: “Anne Heche is lying in the hospital with severe burns from a car accident, this is truly tragic. Pray for her.”
Heche, 53, remains in critical condition after she lost consciousness shortly after crashing her blue Mini Cooper into a Los Angeles home, starting a fire that had to be extinguished by 59 firefighters.
Michael McConnell of Zero Gravity Management, which represents Heche, told Reuters the actor remained comatose and connected to a ventilator on Monday. No updates on her condition have been made since.
McConnell also told the magazine that Heche had “significant lung damage requiring mechanical ventilation and burns requiring surgical intervention.”
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According to popular news site TMZ, Heche had previously crashed into the garage of another apartment building nearby before fleeing the scene.
She’s currently being investigated for misdemeanor DUI and hit and run, Annie Hernandez of the LA Police Department told CNN Monday.
The home that was hit by Heche’s car was demolished and red-tagged by the LA Fire Department, meaning it was deemed unsafe for habitation.
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The resident, Lynne Mishele, was at home at the time of the crash and survived uninjured. A GoFundMe page has been started for her to “help Lynne start over”.
GoFundMe’s $100,000 goal has exceeded $30,000.
A native of Ohio, Heche first rose to prominence on the NBC soap opera Another world from 1987 to 1991. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for this role.
– With files from Global News ‘Sarah Do Couto
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