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"Dean Gaffney has said that he can&amp;#039;t explain why he was not wearing a seatbelt in his recent car crash. The former EastEnders actor is said to have had facial reconstructive surgery after he crashed his Mini Cooper into a steel barrier in Derby on January 30.  Speaking to Aled Jones and Lorraine Kelly on ITV&amp;#039;s Daybreak, Gaffney stated that he hoped to warn others to make sure they are buckled up, while also revealing a scar on his face. &amp;quot;I know I&amp;#039;m a naughty boy and it takes something like this \u00E2\u20AC\u201C I always learn the hard way in my life,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;I was pulling out the theatre I was working in on a play, an Agatha Christie play, and I was pulling out of the theatre and I was reversing and then I just completely forgot and then drove on my merry way and 20 minutes later this happened. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s so many different things that could have happened that made me not walk away from it, to be honest.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;I was trapped inside. It reads worse than it actually was. I mean the fact that I didn&amp;#039;t have the seatbelt on \u00E2\u20AC\u201C the paramedics and the hospital staff at Derby Royal Hospital I have to say were brilliant, the NHS really looked after me and I want to say thank you to those guys \u00E2\u20AC\u201C and they said that had I been wearing a seatbelt I probably would have just got whiplash and I would have walked away with none of this. &amp;quot;It could have been a lot worse. One inch down and I would have been blind, and one inch up I would have been brain damaged. So there&amp;#039;s so many things that could have gone wrong and the fact that I&amp;#039;m able to walk away and obviously you&amp;#039;ve got this campaign with the seatbelt thing, it&amp;#039;s so important \u00E2\u20AC\u201C I can&amp;#039;t stress that enough.&amp;quot;   Gaffney thanked those who gave him messages of support while he was in hospital, saying: &amp;quot;The amazing thing to be honest that&amp;#039;s come from all this is just the well wishers. &amp;quot;I mean the text messages from people from EastEnders, cast members and producers and whatnot, and people from everyday life that I&amp;#039;ve worked with along the years have just been so amazing that every text that comes through is from someone that really cares.&amp;quot; On his future plans, he added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going back to A Murder Is Announced tomorrow, which is in Stevenage, an Agatha Christie play that I&amp;#039;m doing. I&amp;#039;ll be fine. And then I&amp;#039;m going on to do Let&amp;#039;s Dance for Comic Relief, so I&amp;#039;ve been quite busy this month, which is nice. &amp;quot;The nicest thing is at the moment I&amp;#039;m off the painkillers so I&amp;#039;m alright at the moment, I&amp;#039;m very lucky.&amp;quot; Gaffney previously called himself &amp;quot;an idiot&amp;quot; for not wearing a seatbelt prior to the accident. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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