The following article includes references to substance abuse, mass violence, and child loss.
The following Hallmark stars have experienced surprising tragedies.
Caring for her son forced her to pause her acting career.
“That wasn’t an option.
My whole career everything that I had worked so hard to build my whole life shifted.
… Everything stopped.”
Instead, she pivoted to writing scripts, which allowed her to work while remaining at home.
As of late 2024, she has co-written four TV movies.
In a since-deleted Instagram post, he revealed he’d been diagnosed with kidney cancer.
“It’s consistent with Renal Cell Carcinoma … or kidney cancer.”
After undergoing surgery, Mathison was deemed to be cancer-free.
While the split was reportedly amicable, Mathison was clearly on unfamiliar terrain.
We’re just trying to figure it all out."
“Our hearts are broken,” the couple said in a statement they issued toCNN.
We thank everyone for your prayers and ask for privacy at this time."
Mowry-Housely paid tribute to her slain niece in a heart-wrenching post she shared viaInstagram.
“We think of you daily.
We miss you immensely,” she wrote in the caption.
“We love you.
The Hallmark star further honored her niece by founding a charity in her memory,Alaina’s Voice.
It was at this horrible position, and then I pressed on my calf and I felt a pop.
It ended up breaking in four different places,” he said in an interview withSoap Opera Digest.
The star required surgery, which forced him to pause his acting for awhile.
He was excited when he was able to return to the Hallmark fold.
“It really is like a family,” he observed.
“They take very good care of everyone.”
If Hallmark ever starts handing our MVP awards, Chabert is definitely a lock!
While starring in so many feel-good TV movies must have rubbed off on her,Chabert experienced tragedyin 2021.
As she revealed in anInstagram post, her beloved sister died suddenly and unexpectedly.
“My beautiful sister, Wendy.
The shocking loss has left us, so broken hearted,” she added.
Later, Chabert issued another post to reveal she was still in deep mourning.
As Bissett recalled while appearing on"Oprah: Where Are They Now?
“she was in her bedroom in June 2015 when she heard a loud noise.
The propane tank in her backyard barbecue unexpectedly exploded.
Polaha was rushed to the ER, where he received 120 stitches most of them to his face.
With his face scarred, he feared his dreams of becoming an actor had ended.
“I don’t have the face for acting anymore.
I’m done,” he remembered thinking at the time.
Sadly, Witt found herself in the headlines during the 2021 holiday season for a tragic reason.
“I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them.
When temperatures dropped during a cold snap, Alicia’s parents were unable to keep warm.
Sadly, though,Sweetin also endured the struggles often associated with child stardom.
“I wanted to prove that I could get more trashed than anyone.
But I didn’t care,” she admitted toUs Weekly.
“It was hard for people to believe I was doing that much drugs,” she said.
“I look at photos from that event, and I didn’t even look strung out!”
Sweetin ultimately turned her life around when she learned she could lose custody of her children.
The star has been sober since 2008.
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That plan hit a huge snag whenNiall Matter was in a life-changing accidenton an oil rig.
According to Matter, he nearly died while inside a drilling rig cab that was crushed.
“They had to rip me out of there.
It was pretty awful.
It was horrific actually,” he recalled in an interview with theChicago Tribune.
“I got to the hospital and the doctor immediately wanted to amputate my right leg.”
Thankfully, physicians were able to save his badly damaged leg, but his recovery was long and difficult.
“It took me about six months to learn how to walk again,” he recalled.
Thankfully, acting wasn’t out of the cards following his recovery.
“I have not quit working ever since.”
In May 2024, Laverock was in a Vancouver hospital being treated after she fell from a fifth-story balcony.
Her injuries were so severe that she was placed on life support.
“Her body has been shattered.
When the big day finally arrived, the couple took toInstagramto share the devastating news.
Less than two months later, the couple discussed their tragic loss during an interview withFox News.
“It doesn’t make sense.
It’s beyond understanding.
Because after it all happened, obviously we were devastated.
It was heartbreaking,” Alexa said, crediting their faith for carrying them through such a difficult experience.
