Wendy Moten returned to The Voice with two arm casts after tripping over stage equipment during the live results broadcast last Tuesday.
While the 57-year-old contestant first assured viewers that she was just a “little bruise” from the bad fall, the Come In Out of the Rain crooner actually broke his elbow. right and left wrist.
The veteran backing vocalist, who has worked for Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, spoke about the scary ordeal to drag Blake Shelton into NBC’s musical competition series on Monday night.
Nothing can stop her: Wendy Moten returned to The Voice wearing two arm casts after tripping over stage equipment on Tuesday’s live scores show
“So you had the fall on stage. The next thing I know you say [Voice host] Carson [Daly] you’re fine, ”her coach Shelton recalled during one of their rehearsals.
“Next thing I know, we were going to do rehearsals that night, and you’re in the hospital. “
Ahead of her performance as Dolly Parton’s Jolene, the eight-time Grammy nominee jokingly asked her to “promise” not to break both of her legs afterwards.
In response, she jokingly replied, “I’m not breaking anything”! They’ll have to get me out in a wheelchair, and I’ll sing and they can get me out.
Ouch! While she first assured viewers that she was just a “small bruise” from the bad fall, the 57-year-old candidate actually suffered a fractured right elbow and left wrist.
The Memphis native’s accident happened after she, her trainer and other Team Blake members Paris Winningham and Lana Scott performed Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) together.
Winningham and Scott immediately rushed to lend a hand, but Shelton, who had his back to her, did not see her fall.
After Gwen Stefani’s husband saw Moten on the ground, he went to check on her safety and well-being.
” Everyone is well ? Asked host Carson Daly. “We’re going to take a second. We just knocked someone down.
Down! The candidate’s slip occurred when she tripped on stage equipment while broadcasting the results live (see above)
The moment she slipped: Here we see her losing her footing and heading down
Pick her up: she was helped while a crew member looked at the equipment
Oh no: At the end of their performance of Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), the Memphis native ran into one of the speakers, unbeknownst to the country star, 45, who told him. turned his back
Shelton returned to the stage to see if Moten was injured as he and a member of the team helped the contestant off the stage.
“We hope she’s okay,” Daly said, before asking her himself a few minutes later.
When the show came back from a hiatus, Daly was standing with Moten who said she was “a little bruised” but “OK”.
Supporting: Immediately her fellow Team Blake Paris Winningham and Lana Scott rushed to lend a hand
Coach: After he turned around and saw Moten on the floor, the country star went to see her as the live audience worried about her safety and well-being
The 48-year-old host and radio personality then expressed that he was so happy that she was fine after the frightening fall.
Fans were understandably worried, with many taking to social media to hope that she wasn’t “in too much pain this morning.”
“Hope you are feeling well, we really need you and your voice,” another commented on her last Instagram post of the night.
Moten has moved up to the Top 10 and is expected to return to the stage next week.
Concern: The 48-year-old host and radio personality continued by expressing that he was so happy that she was fine after the frightening fall
Followers were praying: Fans were naturally taken on board, with many taking to social media to say they hope she doesn’t “hurt too much this morning”
“Hope you are feeling well, we really need you and your voice,” another commented on her last Instagram post of the night.
