Lindsey Vonn isn’t letting her brutal Olympics damage maintain her from the Met Gala — or its surrounding celebrations.
The snowboarding legend, on crutches after a devastating leg damage in Milan three months in the past that required a number of surgical procedures, attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s pre-Met Gala soiree at their Manhattan condominium Saturday night time.
Vonn, 41, wore a protracted, brown costume and was all smiles as she was noticed coming into the couple’s condominium constructing.
Bezos and Sanchez paid a minimum of $10 million to sponsor the Anna Wintour-run occasion, Web page Six reported.
Vonn, who was already competing on a torn ACL she suffered per week earlier, shattered her left leg on Feb. 8 and needed to be airlifted for therapy.
She later stated she developed compartment syndrome and needed to have her leg “filleted” open to alleviate the stress, avoiding a possible amputation.
Vonn stated in a latest CNN interview that she’s nonetheless in “survival mode” whereas recovering.
“Perhaps that is going to be the most effective factor that’s ever occurred to me in my life. Perhaps some door will open that might by no means in any other case be open to me,” she stated. “In order horrible as that is and as onerous as it’s, like, who is aware of the place the long run will take me in? I’m simply type of alongside for the trip.”
She additionally acknowledged that for Monday’s Met Gala she goes to aim to stroll with out crutches for the primary time in her rehab.
“There are a number of stairs. Sure, it’s going to be intense,” she acknowledged. “I used to be like, can I do that? Can I do that? You already know, Thom Browne requested me a very long time in the past. And I like Thom. We did a marketing campaign collectively throughout COVID. And it’s been just like the factor that I’m like, can I get there? Like, you recognize, it’s like been the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel. And I’m going to attempt to stroll.”
