Coverage of Christy Carlson Romano’s eye injury differs on which eye was threatened. ABC News reported that her initial account placed one impact less than an inch from her right eye, and People later reported her description of a fragment near that eye. Austin Monthly, as cited in earlier coverage, described the injury as coming within one millimeter of blinding her left eye. The accounts do not resolve the discrepancy.
What Romano has said about the aftermath
Romano said she could see normally after the accident, and that doctors considered removal of the fragment too risky at the time, according to her accounts reported by ABC News and USA Today. People reported that she described the experience as changing her appreciation of life and her outlook on what matters. She has also connected the shooting and a cancer scare with her efforts to develop resilience and a stronger sense of self-worth, People reported.
Romano has said she does not want to spend much more time revisiting the shooting and is focused on her family and present life. The Kansas City Star reported those remarks in its account of her interview. Romano and her husband, Brendan Rooney, have two daughters, Isabella, 9, and Sophia, 7, according to People.
The Texas accident
Romano was clay-pigeon shooting in Texas with Rooney for his birthday on Feb. 7, 2025, when someone from another party fired in their direction and struck her in the face, according to her account reported by ABC News. She said Rooney assessed her injuries and took her to a hospital. Romano has said she was struck in five places.
Memoir release
Romano’s memoir, Once Upon a Trainwreck: The Fall and Rise of a Child Star, is scheduled for release on Oct. 6, 2026, according to the publisher. The Kansas City Star reported that Romano discussed the shooting while speaking about the book.
