Tough to tell from the video but it looked like an instinctual riposte.
Can't blame him.
I suspect she should get an Oscar.
I wonder if they're "trained" / "coached' / "advised" to overdo the agony / suffering.
I remember a Church softball game where one of the guys got blipped by a pitch and fell down screaming and kept dramatically crawling "painfully" and "haltingly" toward his base.
Everybody laughed like hell heck (it was a Church game) and he pleadingly sought the assistance of the first baseman in "struggling painfully" to his feet.
Another Oscar nominee.
Terry, 230RN