You'd have thought that Matthew Broderick would have been a bit more comfortable with horses, since he's married to a woman who, in some lights, partially resembles one – albeit a horse with lovely hair and its own perfume range.
However, we literally couldn't be any wronger – on Sunday, during a holiday in Ireland with said wife Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick stacked it off a horse and broke his collarbone. If only real life was more like films, then Matthew Broderick would still be equipped with Inspector Gadget's magical skills. Obviously Matthew Broderick would have still fallen off a horse and broke his collarbone, but at least there would have been a giant, abnormally intelligent, biped dog around to dress up as a woman and take his mind off all the pain.
It's heartening to see that Madonna is still as influential as ever these days. As well as kickstarting the current crazes for people going to rollerdiscos and wearing tiny flaps of lycra over their genitals, it seems that Madonna has also inspired Matthew Broderick to break his collarbone falling off a horse. After all, it was almost exactly a year ago that Madonna fell off a horse while pretending to be all 'la-di-dah' and English and now Matthew Broderick has marked the occasion by falling off a horse while pretending to be all 'begorra' and Irish during a holiday with Sarah Jessica Parker on Sunday. A Sligo General Hospital 'insider' told The Mirror:
"He was in a bad way when he came in and appeared to be in severe pain. He was wearing a neck support – but that was probably just a precaution. Sarah came in and she seemed really worried. She was quite pale, probably because of the shock. They said Matthew had been thrown from a horse on the beach. He was given strong painkillers and the fracture was treated."
But don't worry – Matthew Broderick's broken collarbone won't be affecting his future stage or movie commitments. Probably because you don't really need to use your collarbone to continually turn down War Games 2, do you?
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[story by Stuart Heritage]