[gsaga]

It's just freefalling. So there won't be any significant forces on it unless it gets very close.

[simonh]

Well that's the questions really isn't it, how close did it have to get and what was the gravity gradient? Too close and tidal forces would strip off the star's upper layers, or tear the whole star apart. We detected that happening not long ago.

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-ve-just-caught-the-immediate...