Zac Efron breaks silence as he's released from hospital after horror swimming accident

Zac Efron has thanked fans for their support as he spoke out for the first time since being rushed to hospital while on holiday in Spain.

The actor, 36, was rushed to hospital earlier this week following an "incident in a swimming pool". He's now taken to Instagram to share a picture of himself flexing his muscles while working out with a set of weights on a yoga ball.

Alongside the snap, he wrote: "Happy and healthy - thanks for the well wishes." A source said Zac had been rushed to hospital after he was "found inside the swimming pool by two people working at the villa who pulled him out of the water".

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The incident is believed to have taken place on Friday night. A representative for the actor confirmed he had been hospitalized and said it was as a "precautionary measure."

He was then released from the hospital on Saturday, with the representative telling TMZ the incident had been "minor" and said Zac is "recovering just fine". Zac, who has been traveling around Europe in recent months, previously got into a horrific accident which shattered his jaw.

The actor had slipped on a pair of socks while running at his home, which caused him to smash his chin into a granite fountain. He opened up about the scary incident in a 2022 interview with Men's Health Magazine . After losing consciousness, the actor said he woke up with "his chin bone hanging off his face".

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While recovering from the injury, Zac's facial muscles got "really big" so he teamed up with a physical therapist to help. He added: "The masseters just grew. They just got really, really big." The masseter is the muscle in your face and jaw and is one of the primary muscles of chewing.

After the accident, Zac found himself at the center of plastic surgery rumors. Speaking about the speculation, he told the magazine: "If I valued what other people thought of me to the extent that they may think I do, I definitely wouldn't be able to do this work."

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