"I had a bit of a chainsaw accident yesterday, which sounds very, very exciting, but it wasnt," the Mrs. America star recently revealed on "A Podcast of Ones Own With Julia Gillard." (In case youre not familiar with her, Julia Gillard is the former prime minister of Cate's home country of Australia.)
Cate tried to downplay the whole thing, by saying that she was "fineapart from the little nick to my head." WHAT?
Cate and Gillard then started joking about the whole thing. "Be very careful with that chainsaw. Youve got a very famous head. I dont think people want to see any nicks taken out of it," Gillard said. Cate then promised to "keep it on my shoulders."
Cate has been in lockdown with her family in England since the pandemic started, she also shared on the podcast. And, when shes not doing her best Leatherface imitation, shes been homeschooling her kidsDashiell, 18, Roman, 16, Ignatius, 12, and Edith, 5. Apparently, Cate planned to take time off even before the pandemic hit.
"Ive taken a year off, being a working mother of four," she said. "My eldest son was doing his A-Levels, so I took the year off essentially to be with him and support him through that exam period. And then all of that exam stuff evaporated, and Im left with an 18-year-old who doesnt want to have anything to do with me, so its a little bit discombobulating. But its a high-class problem. Were all well."
Heads up: Cate isnt on Instagram or Twitter, so there are no chainsaw aftermath shots to check out.
And FWIW: Elizabeth Hurley told Extra last year that using a chainsaw is part of her regular workouts. "I do a lot of exercise, but its really the gardening cutting down a hedge, using my chainsaw to cut down a tree, logging, all of that stuff I do. So, Im very active," she said.
Maybe Cate should take some lessons from Liz? She kinda does seem like a pro...
