Gerard Butler Reveals Just How Serious His Motorcycle Crash Was: ‘I’m Lucky to Be Here’

Gerard Butler Reveals Just How Serious His Motorcycle Crash Was: ‘I’m Lucky to Be Here’
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Gerard Butler came close to losing his life after he was hit by a car while he was on his motorcycle in Los Angeles.

The Geostorm actor, 47, revealed new details about his ordeal while on The Talk on Friday, saying “I’m lucky to be here.”

“I went 33 feet through the air,” he said. “I did a somersault.”

Butler said he remembers a bystander looking on at the scene and simply saying, “‘Wow, you really are an action movie star.’”

The actor suffered “five fractures in my right foot alone, because I landed right on my knees, so I’ve done my knees in and my left foot. And this had been the busiest period of my career.”

He continued,…