Right after falling ten toes all through a go to to Nairobi in November 2022, and fracturing her acetabulum, the socket of the hip bone that holds the femur in location, Lewis underwent 9 hours of surgical process, and eight months of intensive rehab and bodily remedy — on the other hand she was solely five months into her restoration when she determined to step onto The Masked Singer stage.

TooFab spoke to Lewis forward of her unmasking Wednesday, the location the longtime singer-actress shared how collaborating inside the singing competitors collection helped her regain her self-assurance soon after nearly shedding her life inside the Serengeti.

“I utilised to be solely five months into the autumn, so I utilised to be nonetheless on morphine,” Lewis, who carried out as Miss Cleocatra revealed. “I have been telling all persons, in the occasion you appear rigorously as soon as I’m sitting on the throne, you may possibly see that Cleocatra head sort of go [mimics nodding off].

She continued, “It is nodding off slightly bit. Even so I utilised to be all appropriate lady, appear, I utilised to be in ache, on the other hand my pal stated, ‘Rise up. Rise up and go do what you like to do.’”

Whereas Lewis stated she was nonetheless on a walker and could not stroll, she was in a position to sing and transfer about relatively effectively in that Cleocatra costume due to the help of TMS crew.

“Masked Singer was good. They knew I could not stroll, so they’d the boys escort me. The ‘Stormy Climate,’ I utilised to be bolted down in a harness. They bolted me down ‘trigger I could not stroll. They normally stated they’d care for me, and so they did,” the Black-ish star defined. “The second track, you may possibly uncover that I by no implies let go of the mic stand, even when I utilised to be kicking slightly bit. I did not let go ‘trigger I’d’ve fallen, and so they bolted that down. So, they took outstanding care of me.”

“I utilised to be nonetheless on a walker, could not stroll, on the other hand I could possibly sing. And my soul was inside the enjoyable. And that is why my mates required me to get off the bed,” she added. “They stated, ‘Come on, come on, you are in a position to do this. They stated they’d care for you.’”

Attempting once more on her accident, Lewis remarked on the total circle second of have Healthcare medical doctors With out Borders by her facet following the autumn, soon after creating a donation to the group via the COVID-19 pandemic.

“When Healthcare medical doctors With out Borders confirmed up, and I do not point out this so substantially as a outcome of I retain nameless in my donations, on the other hand on the peak of Covid, I had despatched Healthcare medical doctors With out Borders, an huge donation, ‘trigger I knew they wanted it so badly. So when that girl, when she leaned down and stated, ‘Ms. Lewis, we’re Healthcare medical doctors With out Borders, and we’re gonna place you in a helicopter and we’re gonna care for you,” the 67-year-old film and Television star recounted, having choked up as she appeared once more on that harrowing second.

“Speak regarding the circle of life,” she added. “So it is a triumphant testimony as a outcome of I am once more kid.”

Lewis confirmed just how once more she is along with her efficiency on TMS, and it is impressed the beloved actress, who obtained her commence on Broadway, to contemplate a return to the stage.

“We’ll see. We’ll see. I can at all occasions return to Broadway. , Broadway is challenging. Performing Broadway is like becoming inside the Olympics. You are eight exhibits every single week. You are on, you gotta sleep. And anytime you rise up, you gotta heat up. You gotta prepare. It is loads of perform, Broadway,” Lewis shared earlier than teasing her 1-lady present, which she says will element what occurred to her on that fateful evening time inside the African jungle. “I really feel I will be performing my 1 girl present titled, ‘Jennifer Lewis Unleashed,’ the location I am gonna go over Africa. It is gonna be comedy. I am gonna go over how as soon as I was laying on the bottom and pitch black, I got right here outta my physique and the baboon required a selfie. It is gonna be so silly. And you currently know, the, the hippo comes more than and I say, have you ever heard of Ozempic, bitch? Get the f–k out. You are not consuming it.”

“It is all that silly,” she quipped, earlier than sharing that she’s found humor in what occurred to her. “I imply, now I can chortle regarding the fall, as terrifying as the complete knowledge was. I imply, you will be in a position to’t make that up. You may’t make up wild animals. Who falls in a pit and there is wild animals? Lions roaring and s–t lady. I utilised to be like, ‘What!?’”

Lewis, who was compelled to sustain her Masked Singer efficiency shrouded in secrecy, did the identical when it got right here to the accident, revealing that she did not even inform her household she was inside the hospital till soon after she was recovering.

“I required to inform as soon as I was ready,” Lewis, who initial opened up regarding the 2022 incident in March, stated.

“I saved it so underneath the radar, only a handful of people knew. My pricey mates knew. I did not inform my household till I obtained [home], you assume I utilised to be gonna inform my siblings, their kid sister was in Nairobi, in ICU?” she added, as soon as extra choking once more tears. “What the f–k had been they gonna do? Like I informed Robin Roberts, fly down there and convey me flowers?”

“I wanted all of Jennifer. That s–t was so painful. I knew I would want every single inch of who I utilised to be earlier than I fell, to heal myself, to concentrate in, to perform day by day and perform onerous,” Lewis continued. “So by the point I did Masked Singer, I wasn’t even midway once more. I’d say I utilised to be slightly more than a fourth once more. Nonetheless it did help me. My mates know me. They had been like, ‘Get her. Make her.’ And I am glad I did. It was enjoyable.”

Now, more than yr soon after the accident, once more on her toes and dancing as soon as extra, Lewis has shifted her concentrate to not solely taking up the initiatives that make her genuinely really feel fantastic, on the other hand persevering with to differ that recreation and incomes day by day of her life.

“After falling like that kid, all you wanna do is serve, no drama, no tension, nothing at all. Let’s have enjoyable. Let’s be entirely satisfied. Let’s get the job completed. No additional time — time turns into so treasured anytime you escape dying like that. And belief me, I escaped dying. That boulder was six inches from my head,” Lewis shared.

She continued, “… So anytime you escape that, what I genuinely really feel like is that I am the 1 1 which survived a airplane crash. And when that happens, you owe to earn becoming alive, you gotta be a recreation changer. You gotta concentrate in on serving to people and providing once more. And higher than that, share the story. ‘How did you come once more, Ms. Lewis? How?’ The key, was you gotta want to come once more.”

The Masked Singer and Group B continues with “Soundtrack to My Life Evening time” subsequent Wednesday at eight p.m. ET on Fox.