One sign of a resilient spirit is the ability to find humor in the wake of misfortune — and to be able, no matter your stature or situation, to laugh at yourself.
Bono and “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon showed how that goes in this clip from last night’s episode on NBC, a response to a terrifying bicycle accident the U2 frontman suffered in late 2014:
From BBC.com:
U2 frontman Bono says he fears that he may never play guitar again following a bike accident last November.
He made the comment in his A to Z of 2014, published on the band’s website.
Bono broke his arm in six places and fractured his eye socket, hand and shoulder blade in what he called a “freak accident” in New York.
In the letter to his fans, he said he was unable to move around physically and would have to “concentrate hard” to be fit for U2’s next tour.
At the time, the hospital where Bono was being treated said he had been involved in “a high-energy bicycle accident when he attempted to avoid another rider”.
The Irish rocker spoke this week about being on painkillers for weeks and said he had a “massive injury, I can’t blame on anyone but myself”.
The 54-year-old Dubliner revealed he now had a titanium elbow.
And here’s the video:
I recently wrote about “Bono’s Bold Pronouncement on Christ,” in which the rocker defended the divinity of Jesus. Fallon was raised a devout Catholic, but when he tried to return to church in Los Angeles after a long absence, the happy-clappy Mass sent him running (I don’t know if he went to celebrity-heavy St. Monica’s in Santa Monica, but this description sure reminds me of some of their Masses — and unfortunately, of Masses at other places in the city).
As Catholics noted at the time, “Bad Liturgy Is Not a Victimless Crime”!
So, let’s keep Bono in our prayers for his continuing recovery, and Fallon, in hopes the he returns to the Church and finds a welcoming and reverent Mass.
Image: Courtesy of Douglas Gorenstein/NBC
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