Orlando Bloom makes shock revelation about near-death experience and the consequences it had on his mental health
Orlando Bloom have been seeing him on the silver screen and beyond since he was seventeen, having risen to fame for his role in Lord of the Rings and later on in Pirates of the Caribbean.MORE: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom take their children on a bike ride for adorable family day outHowever, the star is just now opening up about a moment in his young adulthood that not only nearly halted his career, but almost took his life too.Speaking in a video for UNICEF on Monday, 10 October in honor of World Mental Health Day, he opened up about a terrifying accident that deeply impacted his mental health for years.WATCH: Orlando Bloom impressed fans with a seriously intense workout MORE: Miranda Kerr photographed with ex Orlando Bloom as they step out for special occasionHe shockingly revealed: "When I was 19, I fell three floors from a window and broke my back." Upon the video's release, his soon-to-be wife Katy Perry was quick to support him, writing: "I love you sho."The actor added: "I was very fortunate to survive the fall because my spinal cord was still just intact," but he also revealed the terrifying moment where he did not know if he would ever walk again."When I was in hospital, I was told for the first four days that I may never walk again," he said.A post shared by UNICEF (@unicef)Orlando opened up about the terrifying accidentHe explained that though he recovered and luckily the doctors' predictions were wrong, the internal recovery was another story.MORE: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom celebrate daughter Daisy's second birthday and the photo is too cuteMORE: Katy Perry sells incredible $18million family home – see insideOf the recovery process, he said: "[It] was really the beginning of a long and painful journey for