BBC star speaks about ‘awful’ near-fatal accident for the first time

MasterChef justice John Torode has spoken retired astir his ‘awful’ mishap successful 2016 for the archetypal time.

The personage chef, 59, was hospitalised implicit Christmas 8 years ago, and had a ‘lucky escape’ and was ‘very bruised’, it was said astatine the time.

He’s present opened up much astir the equine riding accident, wherever helium was thrown disconnected the saddle twice.

Thankfully, though helium was battered and bruised, John was fortunate not to person been much earnestly injured.

‘I felt similar I had 9 lives aft I fell off,’ he’s present said successful a caller interview.

His woman Lisa Faulkner added to The Mirror: ‘He got thrown disconnected twice. It was beauteous awful.’

At the time, Lisa had shared the quality of John’s aesculapian exigency with a representation of him successful infirmary surrounded by monitoring equipment.

She said small astir the accident, but reassured fans that helium was recovering.

‘Thank you truthful overmuch to the beauteous docs and nurses yesterday #stmaryshospitalpaddington for looking aft my @johntorodecooks, who is precise bruised but doing well!’ she said, adding: ‘#luckyescape #blessed.’

She shared the representation connected Boxing Day, conscionable hours aft John had revealed they’d been enjoying a ‘Claridges Christmas’, describing Lisa arsenic ‘happy arsenic a blessed happening connected blessed days’.

He aboriginal told fans connected societal media: ‘I truly americium OK everyone.’

‘Just took a tumble whilst retired riding, & posted photograph to convey the Docs, nurses and each astatine St Mary’s.’

‘Thank you for each your beauteous get good wishes,’ Lisa besides said. ‘John is good and blessed and sitting connected the sofa and each is good.’

John and Lisa archetypal met erstwhile the erstwhile Holby City prima won Celebrity MasterChef successful 2010.

They began dating successful 2012, aft Lisa’s divorcement from her hubby Chris Hoghill, and got engaged connected Christmas Day successful 2018.

They stock 5 children unneurotic from their erstwhile relationships, including Lisa’s adopted girl Billie, and John’s 4 children from 2 erstwhile marriages.

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