KJ Apa got something stuck in his eye… and it was pretty horrifying.
The Riverdale star took to social media to share his ordeal. Taking to Instagram, KJ revealed that he got “a shard of metal stuck in my eyeball.” Yikes!
In a two-minute video he posted, the 23-year-old actor could be seen with celebrity stylist Jason Schneidman attempting to remove the sharp object from his eye. They used a cotton swab to take the fragment out, with Jason stating that whatever was in there seemed to be embedded in his eyeball!
KJ eventually took over. “Bro, it’s stuck in there, bro. It’s really stuck.” He was able to remove the metal shard.
But it wasn’t over!
After removing the fragment, KJ looked in the mirror and apparently still saw something. Jason then remarked that it appeared to be a small hole! Upon closer inspection, KJ said:
“It’s actually, like, puncture my eye, bro. That’s a hole!”
He was then told that “you’re going to have to get an antibiotic for it.”
In the video, KJ and the woman taking the video were laughing about the whole ordeal. But soon, KJ’s smile faded and he started to become emotional. The woman told him, “You’re gonna be ok. Stop freaking out.” KJ however appeared to be on the verge of tears as the video ended, which had fans worried for everyone’s favorite Archiekins.
In the comments section of his post, however, KJ clarified that he “wasn’t actually crying.”
Soon after, he shared an update in his Instagram Story:
“Quick update, the eye is good. I’m seeing a doctor tomorrow, my appointment’s at 8 o’clock. I just want to say thanks for all the support. I appreciate it a lot.
My eye’s fine, but there could be some metal shards in there rusting away in my eyeball, so I just wanted to say a quick thank you.”
No explanation was given as to how he got a metal shard in his eye.
In a recent interview, KJ admitted that fame is uncomfortable for him, saying:
“The weird thing is that it used to be people calling me by my character’s name – now people come up to me in the street and know my name. Some people touch you and I had a hard time with people feeling like they can have that intimacy with me. Experiencing what it’s like to be on a huge TV show has given me perspective on people. The attention is strange and not comfortable. You put yourself in their shoes and think, ‘If I saw someone like that, what would I do?'”
