Aubrey Plaza tore her ACL before attending the WNBA All-Star game
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An unexpected knee injury didn't keep actor Aubrey Plaza from her front-row seat to the WNBA All-Star game on Saturday, which the "White Lotus" star attended while icing her leg and using crutches. Plaza, 40, suffered a torn ACL — a notoriously painful medical situation that can sometimes require surgery to fix — while playing "knockout" at the Phoenix Mercury's practice facility earlier in the weekend, according to sports commentator Ryan Ruocco.
"I feel for Aubrey Plaza," Ruocco said over the loudspeakers inside the Phoenix stadium where this year's All-Star game occurred. "She came this weekend with a healthy knee. She's leaving with a torn ACL, thanks to a hardy game of knockout at the Mercury practice facility."
Ruocco can be heard commenting on Plaza's injury in a video clip from the game that the Seattle Storm shared on social media, where the actor is seen sitting courtside with at least one crutch and trying to readjust an ice pack on her knee. She received some help with that from soccer legend Megan Rapinoe and retired WNBA star Sue Bird, who sat beside her in the stands.
