Food Network star Guy Fieri was rushed to the hospital and into emergency surgery after he missed a set of steps and tore his quad muscle in half.
“[I] slipped down a set of steps and one foot went forward and the other foot got caught on the threshold,” Fieri told Fox News Digital. “So, you know, it extended me out. I looked like I was probably doing the splits, but when my right leg compressed into itself, the giveaway point, and the doctor said he’s never seen — you know, in 20 years — he hasn’t seen a tear in the biggest, thickest part of your quad in half. Yeah, it sucked.”
He was “rushed to surgery” to ensure that his muscles didn’t “recede.”
“You normally tear that muscle at your tendon or the tendon tears off the bone, but this was right in the center of the whole quad muscle, and it exploded,” he added.
Guy Fieri Was Filming New Show When Terrifying Accident Occurred
Fieri was filming his new show, “Flavor Town Food Fight,” when the incident occurred.
“So, right in the middle of filming that and we’ve got everybody in town and all the chefs there and 125 people on set – and everybody’s ready to go – and I’m in surgery,” he said in his interview with Fox News Digital.
The Food Network star added that the injury has been a “damper.”
And with that, he is expecting to be off his feet for eight weeks, unable to put any weight on his leg.
“Eight weeks of no weight on it, crutches and a cast, and then the rehab, which to me – I want to get after it as fast as possible,” he added. “He’s like, ‘You know as much as you want to, get back to being Guy, you’re going to really have to go through [it].’”
Guy Fieri Admits He Had To Make Some Changes While Filming Due to the Injury
Because of the injury, Fieri opened up about the changes they have had to make while filming this new show.
“So, we figured out how to pivot through it and to have some creative filming techniques,” he said to Fox News Digital. “But it’s been a run, and now I’m up here at the ranch, where it’s always about hiking and outdoors, and you know, beautiful.”
Not many details have been released about Fieri’s new show. He also hosts other popular shows, including “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and “Guy’s Grocery Games.”
