KJ Apa Splits Head Open While Doing A Stunt for Songbird Movie

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KJ Apa split his head open while shooting his new movie in the second injury heโ€™s had in the past few weeks.

The 23-year-old actor needed โ€œmetal stitchesโ€ in his scalp after shooting a stunt for romantic thriller Songbird went wrong.

KJ shared photos on his Instagram account, one of which showed him topless on the steps of a trailer while a medic stitched up his wound, and in another, he held up his blood-spattered shirt.

He captioned the images: โ€œStunts..โ€

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KJ also took to his Instagram Story to share a gruesome close-up of the injury and explained what had happened.

He said: โ€œI split my head open yesterday.

โ€œI donโ€™t know if you guys can see that, but I have two stitches in there. Metal stitches.โ€

The on-set accident came just a week after the Riverdale star was left in pain when he got a piece of metal stuck in his eye.

The actor shared a two-minute video on Instagram of the agonizing removal process.

He captioned the video: โ€œa shard of metal got stuck in my eyeball (sic)โ€

In the clip, he told the camera: โ€œIโ€™m not trying to do that. Iโ€™m not trying to do this right now. I have to work tomorrow! Itโ€™s actually like punctured my eye!โ€

Once the piece was out, his pal Jason Schneidman, who was assisting, said: โ€œYou got the piece out, bro. Thatโ€™s the piece that was fucking in your eye.โ€

KJ later reassured fans that he planned to seek medical advice but was feeling โ€œfineโ€.

He said: โ€œQuick update here, guys. The eye is good. Iโ€™m seeing a doctor tomorrow. My appointmentโ€™s at eight oโ€™clock.

โ€œI just want to say thanks for all the support. I appreciate it a lot.

โ€œMy eyeโ€™s fine. But there could be some more metal shards in there, rusting away in my eyeball.โ€

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