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Aubrey Plaza tears ACL playing ‘knockout’ during WNBA All-Star weekend
By Sean Savage,
14 hours ago
Aubrey Plaza probably wasn’t expecting to leave the 2024 WNBA All-Star weekend with a serious knee injury.
The 40-year-old actress was shown during Saturday’s ABC broadcast of the WNBA All-Star game with crutches and a huge ice wrap on her right knee while sitting courtside next to Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, and play-by-player Ryan Ruocco revealed that Plaza tore her ACL.
According to Ruocco, the “Parks and Recreation” star suffered the injury while playing a game of “knockout” at the Phoenix Mercury practice facility.
On Friday, Plaza was featured on Rapinoe and Bird’s podcast, “A Touch More,” where she ironically talked about her first ACL tear apart of a women’s recreation league in Los Angeles.
Aubrey Plaza at the WNBA All-Star Game with a torn ACL Patrick Breen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Aubrey Plaza holds one of her crutches during the WNBA All-Star Game. Getty Images Aubrey Plaza tore her ACL playing a game of “knockout.” Getty Images
The actress mentioned she became a “villain” and disguised herself so she could play on the same team as her sister Natalie.
“I was like, ‘No one will know it’s me. It’s great,'” she said.
“And then, in the middle of the game, I went up for a shot and tore my ACL on the court in a wig. That’s kind of like the worst-case scenario because I was trying to go undercover, and I just snapped my knee in half, basically.”
Aubrey Plaza (second from left) sits with Sue Bird (l.) at the WNBA All-Star Game. Patrick Breen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Caitlin Clark (22) greets Aubrey Plaza during the WNBA All-Star Game. Getty Images
Aubrey Plaza at the Los Angeles Premiere of “Thelma” at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on June 14, 2024. Getty Images for Magnolia Pictures Aubrey Plaza at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2024. Corbis via Getty Images
A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu were just a few who made up the star-studded Team USA.
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