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Denzel Washington, 70, reveals shocking injury that's affecting his acting

Denzel Washington is crediting his faith in God for a recent accident not being worse than it was. The Training Day star, 70, said he almost bit his tongue off recently and it's affecting his work.

The Oscar winner is preparing to play Othello on Broadway opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and revealed his tongue is still swollen, making some of his lines hard to enunciate. The Oscar winner is preparing to play Othello on Broadway opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and revealed his tongue is still swollen making some of his lines hard to spit out. The Mount Vernon, New York-born actor was supported by his spouse of more than four decades, Pauletta Washington, 74, at his baptism.

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