Danny Pintauro appears to be on the mend, less than six weeks after a serious scooter accident left him hospitalized.
The Who’s The Boss? and Cujo actor celebrated turning 49 on Monday with an ‘impromptu scar reveal photoshoot’ he posted to Instagram, displaying the healing wound from the November 28 Thanksgiving night accident.
The Milltown, New Jersey-born actor donned jeans and sipped wine in the Instagram post, which was set to Ariana Grande’s 2018 track Sweetener.
‘Well, this birthday certainly hits differently,’ Pintauro wrote to more than 24,100 followers. ‘Surviving 2024 is absolutely a special occasion! Survive in 2024, THRIVE in 2025. And then I decided to do a little impromptu scar reveal photoshoot!’
Pintauro said in the post he ‘decided to open the bottle of’ Barefoot Wine’s Limited Edition Pride 2020 he had on hand, noting that the had been saving the wine ‘for a special occasion.’
Pintauro took to the site last month with a series of clips of him recovering at Long Beach, California’s Memorial Care Miller Hospital, showing the severe aftermath of the scooter accident, as he was hooked up to an intubation tube.
Danny Pintauro, 49, appears to be on the mend, less than six weeks after a serious scooter accident left him hospitalized
The one-time child actor explained the circumstances of the accident in a statement included in the social media posting.
‘The bike lane I was riding in was suddenly blocked with cones, and I was forced to choose between a van and a pylon,’ Pintauro said. ‘The pylons hurt!! Have a terrible scrape on my arm and I was pretty convinced I had broken my arm.’
Pintauro said that while he felt ‘a whole lot better’ on the Friday following the crash, he began ‘having these weird chest pains’ on Saturday, November 30.
Pintauro said that while it initially felt as if his felt like his ‘hiatal hernia was acting up,’ he quickly realized the severity of the situation.
‘Before long, the pain was so significant all across my chest and my stomach muscles and my shoulder muscles that I could barely breath,’ Pintauro said. ‘It was the worst moment of my life.’
Pintauro said his husband Wil Tabares transported him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a tear in his stomach lining that led to a bloodstream infection.
The actor said doctors told him that ‘air and stomach acid … were escaping into [his] abdomen’ – necessitating an emergency surgery.
Surgery ‘went well, and now that it’s fixed, the pain is pretty much gone away, although I’m very sore,’ Pintauro said at the time.
Pintauro was seen in a Long Beach, California hospital in the aftermath of the November 28 accident
The Milltown, New Jersey-born actor donned jeans and sipped wine in the Instagram post, which was set to Ariana Grande’s 2018 track Sweetener
Pintauro appeared on Who’s The Boss? during the entirety of its 1984–1992 run. Pictured (L-R) the late Katherine Helmond, Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Judith Light and Pintauro
Pintauro explained the aftercare medical professionals initiated in the wake of the procedure.
‘They just took the intubation tube out, but I have to leave another tube in my stomach for three days to keep removing the acids so as to not upset the stitches and repair they did,’ Pintauro said. ‘Which also means that I won’t be eating or drinking anything for the next three days.
‘They always say this but it’s very true, if I had waited any longer, I could have died. My body was the one who told me something was absolutely wrong.’
Pintauro said on the site on December 19 that he subsequently ‘had the stitches and the tube removed,’ adding, ‘I’m officially free of anything constricting, which feels great.’
As a child, Pintauro played the role of Jonathan Bower on 196 episodes of the popular ABC sitcom Who’s The Boss? during the entirety of its 1984–1992 run.
The show starred Tony Danza and also featured Judith Light, Alyssa Milano and the late Katherine Helmond.
