THE WEST WING - CHENOWETH BATTLING PAIN AFTER STAIR FALL

CHENOWETH BATTLING PAIN AFTER STAIR FALL

Former THE WEST WING star KRISTIN CHENOWETH is smiling through the pain after cracking ribs and damaging her chest wall in a parking lot fall. The actress/singer tumbled down 12 concrete stairs four weeks ago on her way to a first date with a new guy, and ended up spending the night in hospital. She recalls, "Nobody was around. I decided to try to get to the lobby and all I could do was crawl on this arm... There's people everywhere all the time (but) not this day. "I was getting ready to go out on a date and the guy took me to the hospital instead. It was a wonderful date - he saw all my lingerie... I'm so glad I matched!" Chenoweth is now treading carefully as she recovers from her fall - but she admits the drugs are helping as she films new U.S. TV series Pushing Daisies. She explains, "Percocet, by the way, is a great drug... It can addict you, but I noticed I was very good in the scenes... They (producers) just said they saw the episode the other day and I was great, I was better than ever. I was like, 'Should I just take drugs?'"