Entertainment TV Riverdale's KJ Apa Splits His Head Open, Gets 2 Stitches After 'Stunts' on Songbird Set The actor shared a video of his wound on Instagram By Nicholas Rice Nicholas Rice Instagram Twitter Nicholas Rice is an Associate Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in early 2020, before later transitioning to a freelance role, and then staff positions soon after. Nicholas writes and edits anywhere between 7 to 9 stories per day on average for PEOPLE, spanning across each vertical the brand covers. Nicholas has previous work experience with Billboard, POPSUGAR, Bustle and Elite Daily. When not working, Nicholas can be found playing with his 5 dogs, listening to pop music or eating mozzarella sticks. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 31, 2020 01:37 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos KJ Apa sustained an injury while shooting his upcoming movie this week. The Riverdale actor, 23, posted a series of shots to Instagram on Wednesday, showing off a bloody injury he obtained while performing stunts as he filmed his new romantic thriller, Songbird. Captioning the post "stunts," Apa smiled and sat shirtless on the steps of a trailer as a medic stitched up his head. In the next shot, he showed off the blood on the collar of his yellow T-shirt. Apa also posted a closeup of the injury to his Instagram Story, where he showed off his bloody scalp. "I split my head open yesterday," he explained in a series of videos displaying the wound. "I don't know if you guys can see that, but I have two stitches in there, metal stitches." KJ Apa/Instagram Apa's latest injury comes after he revealed that he got a "shard of metal" stuck in his eye earlier this month. The actor shared the harrowing incident in a video posted to his Instagram on July 19, writing in the caption: "a shard of metal got stuck in my eyeball." In the clip, Apa held open his left eyelid as friend and celebrity hairstylist Jason Schneidman attempted to remove the small fragment with a cotton swab. Apa then took matters into his own hands and successfully removed the shard. KJ Apa Explains Why He's Been 'Silent' About Black Lives Matter and Protests on Social Media "It's actually like, punctured my eye," he said. It's unclear how the shard ended in the I Still Believe actor's eye. His rep did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment at the time.