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Charges against Broderick for reckless driving were eventually dropped. Jennifer Grey, on the other hand, only sustained minor physical injuries and bruises, but her psychological wounds persisted.

Just a few days later was the Dirty Dancing debut. But even though the movie was a hit, Grey was unable to appreciate it.

It just didn’t sit right to be praised as the next big thing in the midst of such intense grief and survivor’s guilt. According to the Daily Mirror, Grey remarked, “It didn’t feel good to be the toast of the town.”

The actress will never entirely get over the trauma the accident had caused.

She said to People, “My ambition and my head were never the same.”

The worst nose job ever

She battled survivor’s guilt and was missing for a few years in the early 1990s until making an appearance in a single Friends episode in 1995.

She had had plastic surgery by then, and her face looked completely different.

In 2012, she declared, “I entered the operating room as a celebrity and left anonymous.”

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It resembled being invisible or part of a witness protection program. It was the worst nose job ever. Because of a nose job, I’ll always be this once-famous actress who no one knows about.

Following then, Jennifer’s career in Hollywood was intermittent.

Jennifer had successfully re-entered the mainstream media by 2010. After winning “Dancing with the Stars,” she became a fan favorite once more. That was something that mattered to her, she claimed.

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It seems as though I’ve starved myself in fear of what other people would think of me. The actor told People, “This is like having a delicious steak after 23 years on a diet.”

Grey made yet another move toward the spotlight she had left behind in 2018. She has scheduled appearances in the upcoming comedy Red Oaks and the film Untogether.

Jennifer, we’re so glad you’re back to being passionate and joyful!

Now, who else wants to travel back to 1987 with a strong sense of nostalgia? View the iconic moment from Dirty Dancing below. What wonderful recollections!

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