Samuel Johnson claims he thought he ‘was a Japanese schoolgirl for days’ after near-fatal car accident gave him a brain injury
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Samuel Johnson has revealed the bizarre symptoms he experienced after he almost died in a shocking car accident in June 2021.
The actor, 45, said he ‘spoke with a Russian accent for several days’ and then thought he was a ‘Japanese schoolgirl’.
‘Admittedly, I was a bit wonky straight after the accident. I had a Russian accent for three days. I was a Japanese girl, aged eleven, for a day and a half,’ he wrote in a column for the Love Your Sister website.
‘And there was a pseudonym on my wrist. I just knew my name wasn’t Alexis. My name was Sam, and I was a cancer fundraiser. It was a confusing time.’
‘I was convinced I was in a doughnut factory, then I thought I might be in an insane asylum. It’s called Post Traumatic Amnesia, or PTA.’
Samuel Johnson has claimed he thought he ‘was a Japanese schoolgirl for days’ after near-fatal car accident gave him a brain injury
Samuel was driving to a relative’s house on June 19th, 2021 when he pulled over and crossed the road to relieve himself, because he was ‘bursting’ and didn’t think he could wait an extra half hour.
As he went to return to his vehicle, he was accidentally struck by a car.
He later confirmed he had broken his skull, suffered bleeding on the brain, injured the ligaments in his neck, partially dislocated his jaw and endured deep bruising down the side of his body.
Discussing his lucky escape on Sunrise, he added: ‘I’m here, so I’m really grateful. I basically nearly died.
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‘It’s really common for people who have a brain injury to be quite emotional, and I was crying a lot, I was very emotional.
In a column for the Love Your Sister website, the actor, 45, revealed he ‘spoke with a Russian accent for several days’ and then thought he was a ‘Japanese schoolgirl’. Pictured Samuel and his sister Hilde
‘I went to being slightly on the gushy side, to being a full-time gusher. My family wish I never had the accident as I’m now super emotional.’
He added that during his six-week hospital stay, he saw many people that were ‘a lot more injured’ than himself.
‘There were people that had been there for months, and were way more injured than me. I’m not trying to diminish what I went through, but there were people that got collected at a higher speed – we feel a little bit lucky.
‘At home we call it the good accident.’
‘Admittedly, I was a bit wonky straight after the accident. I had a Russian accent for three days. I was a Japanese girl, aged eleven, for a day and a half,’ he said
Samuel’s brush with death was another tragic blow for his family, who lost their sister Connie in September 2017.
She had suffered from bone cancer at age 11, uterine cancer at age 22 and breast cancer at age 33.
Connie died one day after being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia at age 40.
Samuel started the Love My Sister cancer charity in 2012 alongside Connie.
Samuel was driving to a relative’s house on June 19th, 2021 when he pulled over and crossed the road to relieve himself, because he was ‘bursting’ and didn’t think he could wait an extra half hour. As he went to return to his vehicle, he was accidentally struck by a car
