Sheryl Lee Ralph bravely participated in her Hollywood Walk of Fame honor this week despite being involved in a car accident earlier this month.

Ahead of the event, which was held on Wednesday, April 16, the “Abbott Elementary” star spoke to People about the April 7 accident, which left her with an injured arm. 

“Girl, it'll be better. But in those moments, when it was happening, when that car was going right down into that cement, I was like, ‘Oh my God, am I dying today?’” Ralph told the outlet. “I said, ‘God, am I dying today? No, God, don't let me die today. I’m going to get a star on the  Hollywood Walk of Fame.’ But guess what? I didn't die. I just got a beat up arm, but I didn't die.”

While the actress now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), she briefly wore a sling in public before deciding against it, not wanting to draw “too much attention” or make those around her “feel nervous.”

“When that SUV pulled up today, I looked at it before I got in it. I was like, oh my God, this is post-traumatic syndrome, that's what it is,” she continued. “But I'm always telling people life is short, and I experienced just how short life can be because that was a freak accident. Who would have thought?” 

“I'm gonna enjoy this time off. Yes, I am,” Ralph declared. “I'm gonna do most of the things I said I really wanted to do, and I'm gonna enjoy them.”

Ralph appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last week in a sling, recounting the freak accident.

“The car went over the loading dock. We went nose down,” Ralph told Colbert, adding that her “adrenaline kicked in.” 

While the actress planned to attend a speaking engagement after the accident, it was the next day that she felt the pain. “I woke up Tuesday feeling like I had done 12 rounds with Muhammad Ali,” Ralph said. “Life is short, people. Remember that!”