Justin Theroux has been in New York for what feels like months! He’s actually in NYC for a reason – he’s filming The Girl on the Train, where he plays Tom – and please, no spoilers for those people who have not read the book. I saw some photos from the set the other day and I was like “Yow, I know what happens and even I feel weird about these pics being so spoiler-tastic.” So be careful! Anyway, Justin is in NYC and he decided to stop by Live with Kelly and Michael. They ended up talking about his (group) honeymoon to Bora Bora several months ago. Justin went scuba diving for the first time on the trip and he almost died!
Justin Theroux may be one of Hollywood’s resident tough guys, but after a sudden brush with death, the actor was left a bit shaken up. While appearing on Live with Kelly and Michael on Friday, the 44-year-old actor revealed that while on his lavish honeymoon getaway to Bora Bora with Jennifer Aniston, he almost died while scuba-diving.
Here’s how it all went down: After undergoing some training and diving about 10-feet down to see some coral and “pretty fish,” Theroux thought it would be a good group activity to take his friends on the next day. But when Theroux and his pals went out on the water the next day, they were accompanied by an instructor that spoke very little English.
“There was no communicating, we could not talk,” he explained. “I was telling him, ‘I’ve only done this once.'”
After diving down significantly deeper than Theroux had gone the day before, he became alarmed when he noticed his oxygen tank was running low. But when the Leftovers star tried to give the designated hand motions to inform his instructor that he needed to go up to the surface, the instructor told him to just keep swimming.
“I look down and I think ‘I’m really deep in the red,'” he said. When Theroux swam over to his instructor a second time, he finally realized the inherit danger the actor was in and quickly attached Theroux to his emergency respirator.
“Why are we doing that? Why are we doing an emergency when earth is up there?” questioned Theroux of the decision. But when the instructor switched respirators, water began rushing down his throat and he started “coughing and hacking underwater.”
Theroux admitted that as he started panicking his brain starting going to “this crazy place” and thinking, “Oh my god this is like some plot to kill me on my honeymoon.”
Eventually the instructor finally caved and the group started slowly making their way back to the surface of the water. And while Theroux is certainly glad he made it out alive, he definitely won’t be scuba-diving again anytime soon.
Does anyone remember that ‘80s movie Black Widow, with Debra Winger and Theresa Russell? I haven’t seen it in years, but I swear this situation was part of the plot of that movie. Anyway, I don’t think the French scuba instructor was lost in translation, I think the French guy was just actively bad at his job. Either that or he just wanted Justin Theroux to drown for some reason. And can you imagine if Justin had gotten into a fistfight with a Frenchman on his honeymoon? The tabloids would have had a field day! Anyway… just so you know! Justin almost DIED on his honeymoon.
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