“I stand strong again,” the star of “The Avengers” wrote.
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Jeremy Renneris especially grateful this time of year.
He was airlifted the hospital, and it caused extensive damage to his body.
Jeremy Renner photographed last month.Credit:Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival
“Happy New Year blessings to you all,” he began the post below.
“Ringing in my second ‘ReBirthday’ today.
Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder…
Jeremy Renner.Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival
I literally owe you my life.
Im so sorry all the haunting images I imprinted on you all.”
He endured a lot of pain and countlessphysical therapy sessions, even having to learn to walk again.
In his new post, Renner said his gratitude list is “very long.”
I stand strong again.
And f—ing BLESSED to take my next step, to take MY NEXT BREATH.
Thank you with every fiber and cell in my body.
I love you ALL."
He’s explained that, since the accident, he’snot interested in challenging roles, at least for now.
“I just dont have the energy for it.
I don’t have the fuel,” he said in a June appearance on theSmartlesspodcast.
“I have so much fuel to put into this reality, this body, all this stuff.
I can’t just go play make-believe right now.”
It was difficult for him to step in front of the camera again.
“Because I’m to do, like, f–ing fiction?”
“Im still trying to live in reality, I’m trying to live.
So it was a hard line for me to cross.
It was a big stretch.
It was very, very challenging for me mentally to get over that hump.”
Technically, Renner turns 54 on Jan. 7.
