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Guy Fieri Reveals He’s in Wheelchair After Scary Accident: Everything to Know
Guy Fieri revealed he’s in a wheelchair after he suffered a major injury in a scary accident.
Life & Style reveals how Fieri sustained the injury, as well as how he’s doing amid the recovery process.
How Did Guy Fieri Injure Himself?
Fieri sustained the injury while filming Food Network’s Flavor Town Food Fight in early November. At the time, he fell down some stairs and tore a quad muscle in half on his right leg.
“One foot went forward and the other foot got caught on the threshold,” Fieri told Fox News about the fall in an interview published on November 24. “So, you know, it extended me out. I looked like I was probably doing the splits.”
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“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,” Fieri continued of the injury.
Following the fall, Fieri underwent emergency surgery on his injured leg.
The injury was unusual, and the celebrity chef revealed it even left his doctor in shock. “He hasn’t seen a tear in the biggest, thickest part of your quad in half,” he said.
How Is Guy Fieri’s Recovery Going After He Fell?
While Fieri was quickly able to undergo surgery, he said that will have to stay off of his leg for a significant amount of time. “I can’t walk on it for eight weeks,” he told the outlet.
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Fieri said he has a long way to go before he is fully recovered, which will include him strengthening his leg in rehab. “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 continued.
Ahead of Thanksgiving, Fieri shared that his sons, Ryder and Hunter, are taking over the cooking roles for the holiday as he focuses on his recovery.
“My son Ryder texted me from school and he said, ‘Well, I guess all the training you’ve given me and all the cooking I’ve been doing while I was at school, it was going to be my time to shine,’” he said. “And I said, ‘I am so happy you’re asking me about this versus me telling you, you have to do it.”’
He went on to say that his sons “know how to cook,” adding, “And now it’s gonna be me quarterbacking from the wheelchair and telling them what to do. And we cook for about 40 people up here. So it’s going to be, it’s got to be an adventure.”
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