{"id":2429773,"date":"2026-05-24T00:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2429773"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:25:02","slug":"laura-clery-praises-first-responders-after-being-crushed-by-fridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/laura-clery-praises-first-responders-after-being-crushed-by-fridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Clery praises first responders after being crushed by fridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Comedian and social media star Laura Clery praised the first responders who helped her after she was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/22\/celebrity-news\/comedian-laura-clery-hurt-after-being-pinned-by-fridge-in-freak-accident\/\">pinned beneath a 600 pound fridge in a freak accident.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Clery was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYsLL9PMxnw\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen in an Instagram video wearing a neck brace<\/a> while speaking with emergency workers in an ambulance. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I was crushed by a 600 pound fridge,\u201d Clery said as she looked up at two firefighters. \u201cIs that correct?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the mean \u2014 both of whom wore navy blue uniforms \u2014 responded, \u201cYes.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A dazed Clery then looked into the camera before the clip ended. She wrote atop the video, \u201cShout out to these actual HEROES who pushed a 600 pound fridge off of me.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Comedian Laura Clery praised first responders after they rescued her from being pinned by a 600 pound refrigerator. She\u2019s seen above in an accompanying Instagram video.  <span class=\"credit\">Laura Clery\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption> She labeled them \u201cheroes\u201d atop the video.  <span class=\"credit\">Laura Clery\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis was right after the fentanyl hit and all of my pain [went] away (instantly) I just need to say THANK YOU to these AMAZING firefighters who saved my life!!\u201d the YouTuber captioned the video on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruly. They got there so fast, broke through my garage door, and 3 of them pushed a 600 pound fridge off of me and got me safely to the trauma unit before things got worse.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Clery also reflected on how \u201cdifferently this could have gone\u201d and said she felt \u201coverwhelming gratitude.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo broken bones, my kids are okay and safe, I can walk\u2026 I\u2019m so lucky!\u201d she continued, praising the personnel as being \u201ccalm, kind\u201d and handling \u201ceverything like absolute heroes!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then right as one of them pushes the fridge off me, he goes, \u2018Wait\u2026 I watch all of your videos!\u2019 and they all start hyping me up \ud83d\ude2d like sir\u2026 I am currently being flattened but thank you \ud83d\ude02\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She thanked the \u201camazing\u201d firefighters who \u201csaved [her] life.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Laura Clery\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Clery shared that she\u2019d been pinned by her refrigerator in an Instagram post on Thursday (as seen above).  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/lauraclery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She concluded the post, \u201cForever grateful for these men. Real life angels. \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the comments thread, Clery admitted that she was \u201cnervous\u201d about fentanyl before it was administered, \u201cbut the pain was so severe that they injected it into me and thank God I had no craving to do it again as a recovering addict,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something we have to think about even when facing an immense amount of pain.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Clery, 39, shared details of the \u201cmost terrifying night of [her] life as a single mom\u201d in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYnCyrqMhCM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an Instagram upload<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was getting ready for bed earlier this week when her \u201c600 pound fridge slammed into me and pinned me against the counter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>During the terrifying incident, she\u00a0\u201ccouldn\u2019t move\u201d and \u201ccouldn\u2019t breathe\u201d and that her kids Alfie, 7, and Poppy, 5 \u2014 whom she shares with ex-husband Stephen Hilton \u2014 were in the house at the time. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She \u201ccouldn\u2019t breathe\u201d or move until the fridge was pulled off her by first responders. She\u2019s seen above in a subsequent social media post.   <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/lauraclery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Clery previously shared that her children were home during the incident.  <span class=\"credit\">Laura Clery\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThank God it didn\u2019t fall on my kids,\u201d she wrote atop a video of her being transported to an ambulance. <\/p>\n<p>The social media personality was able to reach into her pocket for her phone and call 911. \u201cIt took three firefighters to lift it off me,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m still shaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/22\/celebrity-news\/comedian-laura-clery-sent-desperate-text-to-ex-husband-while-pinned-under-600-pound-fridge\/\">able to text Hilton<\/a> writing, \u201cI\u2019m dying. Come by now now now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the video, Clery could be heard complaining of severe pain following the incident. <\/p>\n<p>She later shared that her son Alfie, who is autistic, had toppled the weighty refrigerator while climbing on it and that it wasn\u2019t \u201cproperly mounted into the wall.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Clery also stated that she wants to \u201cf\u2013king sue the contractor\u201d who installed the fridge and called the oversight \u201cnegligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian and social media star Laura Clery praised the first responders who helped her after she was pinned beneath a 600 pound fridge in a freak accident. 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