MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY left with broken leg after attempt to recreate iconic Dirty Dancing scene goes drastically wrong
An attempt to recreate a scene from the hit movie Dirty Dancing left Academy Award winning actor Matthew McConaughey in hospital with a horror leg break that will keep him off work for months.
McConaughey heard the sickening sound of his leg snapping after a woman friend jumped and tried to wrap her legs around his waist in an Inverness bar.
The 45-year-old collapsed in agony but claims he was lifted up by bouncers, taken out through the fire escape and left on a bench, reports the Daily Record.
After he was taken by ambulance to hospital, the Actor needed a three-hour operation to insert two bolts and a metal rod in his leg.
The incident happened as McConaughey and friends were enjoying a Saturday night out listening to a local covers band.
A woman, described by McConaughey as a friend of a friend, decided to try an ambitious dance move straight out of the legendary 1987 hit movie.
Asked about the woman's attempt to turn him into Patrick Swayze, McConaughey said: "It came out of nowhere.
"We were just talking about leaving - I wasn't even dancing with her. She just jumped up at me and wrapped her legs around me.
"I wasn't expecting it and I heard my leg snap. When I wasn't getting up I think the band realised and they stopped."
He added: "I knew it was broken straight away - my foot just flopped to the side.
"I was screaming, I was asking for someone to get me some help.
"I didn't want to get up. I wanted a paramedic to come and help me. I remember her still standing there when I was shouting.
"I did hear her saying "I heard it snap".
"That's the last I remember - I was just in so much pain.
"Eventually the bouncers put their arms around me and lifted me up. They just put me on a bench outside the fire exit and left me there."
Doctors confirmed he had broken his leg in two places at the ankle and knee and he endured several days in hospital as well as a lengthy operation.
McConaughey said he had not heard from his dance partner since the accident.
He said: "The worst thing is she's tiny - it's just the way she caught me.
"She's about 5"4 and she's skinny. She's not been in touch but she's told my other friends she's mortified and sorry."
Don Lawson, owner of Johnny Foxes, said: "There was a mix of horseplay and alcohol which didn't end well.