Jean Smart was hospitalized last month after taking a nasty fall in New York City while trying to flag down a taxi.

The Emmy-winning “Hacks” star, who is currently in NYC for her 12-week run of “Call Me Izzy,” opened up about the bizarre incident on Thursday’s episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”

“Fourth of July, I went to Macy’s to buy myself a cute little Fourth of July outfit to wear to the fireworks. And I was outside and I was trying to hail a cab, and I saw one. I went, ‘Oh,’ and I tripped over something,” she said.

Smart then dejectedly revealed that she broke her kneecap in half. “On the eighth of July, they screwed it back together,” she said.

Meyers asked Smart if she experienced significant pain after hitting the ground, but she appeared more concerned about papara

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