said she is finally 'thinking about' getting her driver's license at age 52 after being gifted a car by Bono.
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Penelope Cruz, 52, will FINALLY get her license after being gifted a car by Bono... after revealing her phobia of driving that took hold when her younger sister was struck by a vehicle
Penelope Cruz said she is finally 'thinking about' getting her driver's license at age 52 after being gifted a car by Bono.While making an appearance on Hot One...
While making an appearance on Hot Ones, she said that the rock star, 66, gave her the big push when he bought her a vehicle as a birthday present in April.
In the episode, released on Thursday, Cruz told talk show host Sean Evans that she has a 'very deep fear of driving' after watching her sister be struck by a car when she was a child.
However, she said she's finally inspired to get over her fear, thanks to the U2 frontman.
'My friend Bono gave me a car for my last birthday,' she shared on the show, without revealing the make or model of the automobile.
Penelope Cruz said she wants to overcome her phobia of driving and get her driver's license at age 52 after receiving a car as a birthday gift from Bono; pictured in June
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She said she wants to be able to get behind the wheel of the lavish gift Bono gave her for her birthday in April despite her intense fear of driving or riding in a car; pictured in September 2019
'He gave me a car and I think that is like the ultimate push to do it,' she said about getting her driver's license.
'After you get a car from Bono, you don't get your license? How crazy is that? So now I'm thinking about it again, but it's such a deep fear,' she continued.
Cruz previously opened up about how she has had a 'fear of driving' ever since witnessing her younger sister get struck by a car when they were both kids.
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Cruz previously opened up about how she has had the phobia ever since witnessing her younger sister Monica get struck by a car when they were both kids; Penelope Cruz (left) and Monica Cruz (right) pictured in November 2016
Her sister, a fellow actress who is three years younger, made a full recovery but witnessing the traumatic car accident left Cruz with a lasting phobia; pictured in June
'My sister was run over by a car in front of me when I was eight or nine,' she told Elle in February 2024.
She recalled how it felt like 'time stopped' in that moment.
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'I remember she was wearing a red coat. Speaking of red! And for me, time stopped,' she recalled.
'It's a great trauma, because I saw her losing consciousness. And I was numb in the hospital, telling people, "Oh, my sister just got run over by a car."'
She said that if the same traumatic incident happened when she had been an adult, she imagined she would act differently and 'would have been hysterical.'
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