Penélope Cruz, the actress from ‘The Invite,’ confessed to being frightened of driving due to a profound fear. However, the 52-year-old is considering taking driving lessons after the legendary singer-songwriter Bono gifted her a car on her last birthday. Despite feeling, “Are we going to make it or not?” in the driver’s seat, the star is ready to take the test and acquire a license.Here’s a closer look at Penélope Cruz’s consideration of learning how to drive after Bono’s gift.
Penélope Cruz admits being afraid of driving cars
Penélope Cruz revealed that she is reconsidering her vow to avoid driving after the esteemed 66-year-old Irish vocalist presented her with a gift on her birthday. “My friend Bono gave me a car for my last birthday,” the ‘Ferrari’ actress said during a conversation with Sean Evans for ‘Hot Ones,’ before adding, “How crazy that sounds, but he gave me a car, and I think that is like the ultimate push to do it.”Voicing the possibility of her getting a driver’s license, the ‘Vanilla Sky’ star expressed, “After you get a car from Bono, you don’t get your license? How crazy is that? So now I’m thinking about it again, but it’s such a deep fear. Every time I get in a car, I feel like, ‘Okay, here we go. Are we going to make it or not?’”The fear does not surround the action of driving, but rather the general concept of cars. Cruz feels anxiety 15 minutes after travelling in a car with a professional driver. Earlier in the interview, the actress spoke of her phobia and the name recently derived by officials. “They came up with a name recently because there are a lot of people like me,” she said.
What are ‘Vehophobia ’ and ‘Amaxophobia ’?
According to PEOPLE, Vehophobia is the specific term for feeling intense, irrational anxiety about operating a vehicle, while Amaxophobia is anxiety about being in an operating vehicle, whether driving or just present in the seat.