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WAMU's Diane Rehm wasn't behind the microphone for her regular 2-hour Friday slot of The Diane Rehm Show today, because she was reportedly injured in one of those bizarre accidents that seem like only happen on TV sitcoms. Filling in for the host, Susan Page of USA Today reported that Rehm was running across the street on Thursday when her heel got caught in the leg of her pants. As a result, Rehm tripped, and she managed to break her pelvis during the fall. Talk about bad luck. She'll now be out for at least a few weeks while she recuperates. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Diane Rehm Injured in Freak Accident
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I bet you're all wishing the Council had passed Jim Graham's emergency legislation, "The Protection of NPR Host's Pelvises from Freak Heel-in-Pants Accidents Act of 2009" now! Those Blahniks are the devil incarnate!
Hope... she... recuperates... faster... than... she... talks...
Oh, that was just mean!! (*giggle*)
You're going to hell for that.
Say "hi" to Bob Novak!
I love listening to her show... Oh, did I mention I hate listening to her show?
not a freak accident - has actually happened to me several times - specifically, it gets caught in the cuff that's pinned up to the leg of your pants
I was thinking the same thing-- this happens to me several times a day (minus the falling and breaking of bones). I'm forever having to resew pants hems that have gotten ripped out by heels; it's one of the reasons I usually opt to wear skirts instead.
I did the same thing in March while walking down a flight of stairs... and then found myself falling down the flight of stairs. Result? I don't wear heels anymore.
Still, it sucks. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Ladies please!
Do you think we come here to hear about your problems?
Pu-lesse!
Another reason why women should never have been allowed to wear pants.
I think it was also about a year (or two) ago that she did something accidental with perfume (in her eyes or in her throat) that kept her off the air for a while.... When it comes to Diane Rehm, I don't think that any accident is all that freak.
With as good as Diane is still looking, I'd be glad to be the one to trip and fall on her pelvis, if you know what I mean.
Agreed. For an older lady, Diane's still smokin' hot. But that voice? It's like you're watching Fran Drescher...then she opens her mouth.
But older women are so much more ... appreciative.
Ouch! She broke her pelvis?
Talk about getting Rehm'd ... ;)
The headline says freak accident, but there's no mention of her falling on a pasta-based likeness of herself. Something's fishy.
sigh...she had throat cancer people....
But I knew I was right about the perfume incident:
Rehm was in her hotel room in Oklahoma City Friday, preparing to head to the airport and catch a flight back to the District. With her were three identical plastic spray bottles: One for her contact lens cleaner, one for her contact lens rinse and one for her perfume (Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden, her perfume of the last 40 years, in case you were curious). She purchased these bottles a few months ago in order to comply with the TSA’s requirements.
“I just picked the wrong bottle and sprayed the cologne onto my contact lens and put the contact lens into my eye,” Rehm said. “I’ve never had such pain in my life.” Ninety percent of Rehm’s epithelium (the layer of cells that covers the cornea’s surface) was burned instantly. The pain made it difficult for Rehm to get the contact lens out and her left eye began to swell shut.
http://www.examiner.com/a-590079~TSA_rules_make_Rehm_scream.html?cid=all-hp-yeas_and_nays