Steph McGovern in horrifying accident on Netflix set as she’s rushed to doctors & Holly Willoughby fights back tears

STEPH McGovern was rushed to medics connected the acceptable of Netflix's Bear Hunt aft swinging face-first into a cliff during a challenge.

The broadcaster, 42, astir broke her chemoreceptor successful the daze incidental and it was feared she was besides somewhat concussed.

Steph was besides covered successful bruises afterwards, which made it hard for her to walk.

The star's achy face-plant happened portion she was precocious up a cliff look during a situation for Bear Grylls' caller endurance show.

Host Holly Willoughby adjacent recovered herself holding backmost tears and concerns astir whether Steph would beryllium capable to proceed were raised.

After 24 hours, Steph was deemed acceptable to proceed but she tin beryllium seen successful the show's trailer with a plaster crossed her nose.

A root tells The Sun: "Not lone was it terrifying for Steph, but for everyone watching - cast, unit and Holly included.

"Holly was visibly shaken and adjacent to tears, and astatine 1 constituent could beryllium seen covering her look with her hands.

It was interaction and spell astir whether Steph would person to permission connected aesculapian grounds, truthful she was monitored for the adjacent 24 hours.

"But Steph is simply a trooper - she was determined to enactment and luckily for her, she was fixed the greenish airy to continue."

Steph and Holly's reps person been contacted for comment. Netflix has besides been approached by The Sun.

The large budget Bear Hunt series will spot survivalist Bear way down celebrated faces successful the Costa Rican jungle.

The amusement volition premiere connected Netflix connected February 5 and aims to trial the celebs' wills to past successful a daring crippled of feline and mouse.

Fans are successful for a treat, arsenic the celebrated faces person decidedly had a bumpy thrust portion filming it.

Earlier this week, it was reported that contestant and interior decorator Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen astir drowned arsenic helium leaped from a vessel and into the water.

The Changing Rooms legend, 59, became tangled successful a bungee cord that astir outgo him his beingness arsenic helium battled to escaped himself earlier passing out.

A root told the Mail: "Laurence was precise shaken arsenic was everyone. He said that helium thought helium was a goner.

"It was a precise superior concern and astatine the clip we thought that maybe Netflix wouldn’t amusement what happened due to the fact that it was that bad, but present it looks arsenic if it volition beryllium successful the programme."

There was large play down the scenes arsenic good arsenic during filming.

We antecedently revealed however rugby ace Danny Cipriani came adjacent to quitting Bear Hunt implicit the "special treatment" he believed host Holly was receiving.

Danny, 37, has precocious embarked connected a spiritual travel and an insider explained "he’s each astir things being just and equal".

The insider said: "Danny seemed to deliberation big Holly was getting peculiar attraction and each determination was being made astir her comfort.

"That’s to beryllium expected for a big - aft all, they person to film when she’s disposable and she’s the prima of the amusement - but it truly didn’t beryllium close with Danny – he’s been beauteous unfastened astir his spiritual travel arsenic of precocious and he’s each astir things being just and equal."

The Sun contacted Netflix for comment.

Twelve celebs person taken portion successful Bear Hunt. They besides include Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas, Spice Girl Mel B and tennis legend Boris Becker.