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Lisa Vanderpump Says She's 'Doing Much Better' After Riding Accident

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By Alisan Duran on February 7, 2022 at 2:45 PM PST

Lisa Vanderpump thanks fans for the support.

The "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alum, 61, took to Instagram and gave followers an update on her health following the riding accident she had last week. Vanderpump broke her leg in a fall from her horse, which resulted in "4 fractures in my leg and a badly bruised back."

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Breaking Her Silence For The First Time

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In her update since the accident, the reality star added photos of the bouquets she has received at home.

"Thank you for all the well wishes and beautiful flowers, I am doing much better after surgery!" Vanderpump wrote in the caption.

"4 fractures in my leg and a badly bruised back, but I am on the road to recovery!" she continued.

The "Vanderpump Rules" star ended her message by writing, "I will be back in the saddle of life soon!"

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Fans React

Since sharing the post earlier today, it has accrued more than 84,800 likes and more than 1,600 comments.

"Oh wow!! That’s a lot! You are one tough cookie! Sending healing karma and wishing a speedy recovery," one wrote.

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"Oh wow!! That’s a lot! You are one tough cookie! Sending healing karma and wishing a speedy recovery," remarked the third user.

"Prayers for you that you heal better quick ?♥️? May God Bless you always ? you are such a special woman with all you do for the dogs & the love for animals you have," the fourth comment read.

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The Scary Accident

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On Sunday, Vanderpump fell from her horse. It was her husband Ken Todd, 76, who confirmed to TMZ that she broke her leg in multiple places and had surgery soon after. The British restaurateur's procedure involved "plates and screws" that can take eight to 10 weeks for recovery.

Todd also said Vanderpump might be done with equestrian sports for good following what happened to her.

"I think maybe that was her last ride. I would never ride again," he told the outlet. "This is our horse, a gentle, gentle horse. Cabala horse — perfect, perfect. He was amazing. Something spooked him, and you never know when that's gonna happen."

As it was an accident, Todd noted that the couple would not be taking any legal action.

"It's one of those things that happens in life," he said, adding that his wife also still "loves that horse."

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She May Quit Riding Horses For Good

According to Todd, after Vanderpump fell, she knew she was badly injured.

"I was there. When I saw her thrown off, I couldn't believe it," he recalled. "I was in shock. I ran over there and she was just on the floor. And she knew that she'd broken her leg straight away."

Vanderpump has always been an animal-lover. During her 2016 interview with Time Magazine, she talked about how animals freely roam her house.

"It was never a normal situation at home," she said. "There would always be ponies in the kitchen and I rode the horse to the village in my pajamas and we had ducks on the bed."

"Now it’s the Vanderpump Dog Foundation. We started off doing a rally to the Chinese embassy, which Bravo covered. Thank God for reality television—there’s some good! This normally isn’t on their charitable aspirations, but they covered it! They were initially reticent to get involved—they don’t like to make political statements. I said, 'Well, this isn’t a political statement. It’s kind of a bipartisan issue.' Nobody thinks we should be torturing dogs. So they said, 'We’ll cover it.' And it had a certain feel-good factor about it for Bravo—to not just see women rolling around on the floor or having a manicure," she added.

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For The Love Of Animals

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During the chat, Vanderpump also noted that one of the reasons why she joined "RHOBH" again was because of animals.

"I was unsure, because I have Vanderpump Rules and I’ve been beaten up so badly on Housewives," she recalled. I just thought, I don’t know if I can go in for another round. Anyway, we decided, okay, go in once more, but would they try and show some of the things I’m really involved in? So we’ve done the rallies; we’ve done the placards, which we’ve sent all over the world encouraging other countries to support us; we’ve done the t-shirts; we did the PSA, and Sharon Osbourne was good enough to help me on that; we did a song that was given to me by Diane Warren, who’s fantastic, and Leona Lewis is singing it. And now we’re doing a documentary, which shows activists on the ground in China trying to put an end to the festival. In China, we set up a rescue situation where we infiltrated the meat trucks and took dogs off there that were going to be slaughtered, bringing dogs over as Yulin ambassadors."

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