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Zac Efron Revealed That He Actually Almost Died From The Severe Accident That Left His Chin Bone Hanging Off His Face As He Addressed The Ongoing Rumors He s Had Plastic Surgery

“It sucks. I almost died, but we’re good.”By by Leyla MohammedBuzzFeed News StaffPosted on September 16, 2022, 3:44 pmTwitterFacebookLink

If you cast your mind back to last April you might recall that several images of Zac Efron went viral across social media after fans noticed that his face looked pretty different

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For those who missed it Zac attracted attention online after he appeared in Bill Nye s Earth Day special and several internet users speculated that he d altered his face with plastic surgery

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I refuse to believe this is Zac Efron one person tweeted Another wrote Holy shit I can t believe Zac Efron is Handsome Squidward

?????? 〄 aloto era @youyaslife I refuse to believe this is Zac Efron 09:03 PM - 22 Apr 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @youyaslife Maister Free Agent @Maister_SSB Holy shit I can’t believe Zac Efron is Handsome Squidward 03:47 PM - 23 Apr 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Maister_SSB

And while many fans defended the That Awkward Moment star Zac s face quickly became the subject of many memes and ongoing mockery

Danny @hayeslissack Me seeing that photo of Zac Efron’s new face. 03:07 PM - 23 Apr 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @hayeslissack

A year and a half later Zac ended up addressing the debacle this month explaining during an interview with Men s Health that he d previously been injured in a severe accident that left his jaw completely shattered

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Revealing that he d slipped while running through his house in socks Zac said that he hit his chin on a granite fountain and lost consciousness When he awoke the actor said that his chin bone was hanging off his face

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The incident occurred in 2013 and caused Zac to have his mouth wired shut He also sustained a gash so deep that it required stitches per E News

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And as a result of breaking his jaw Zac said that his other facial muscles — namely the masseters which are used for chewing — had to compensate ultimately leading his jaw to look different

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The masseters just grew he said They just got really really big

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Zac went on to reveal that he d actually had no idea about the online mockery and plastic surgery rumors until his mother asked if he d cosmetically altered his face

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Now a week later Zac has discussed the incident in further detail revealing that it was far more severe than some people might have assumed

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Sitting down with Entertainment Tonight ahead of his new movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever along with its director Peter Farrelly Zac began by explaining that he doesn t really give a fuck about the rumors that he altered his face with surgery

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My mom told me I don t really read the internet so I don t really give a fuck he said during an interview with Entertainment Tonight

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Zac then said that after noticing the direction that the rumors were heading he felt that maybe it s time he spoke out about it though he maintained that he didn t feel too compelled to address the whole thing

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However despite dismissing the entire thing as funny Zac went on to reveal that the accident almost killed him

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It was funny he said before adding It sucks I almost died but we re good

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And jokingly chiming in Peter quipped that if Zac were going to get plastic surgery he wouldn t get that

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Elsewhere during his Men s Health interview earlier this month Zac reflected on his experience training for his 2017 film Baywatch admitting that he doesn t think that his look is actually attainable

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There s just too little water in the skin Like it s fake it looks CGI d And that required Lasix powerful diuretics to achieve So I don t need to do that I much prefer to have an extra you know 2 to 3 percent body fat he said

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And Zac went on to reveal that he even developed insomnia and fell into a pretty bad depression as a result of the strenuous training experience

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I started to develop insomnia he said I fell into a pretty bad depression for a long time Something about that experience burned me out I had a really hard time recentering Ultimately they chalked it up to taking way too many diuretics for way too long and it messed something up

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