Flavortown turned into a real-life nightmare this week after Food Network megastar Guy Fieri was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery following a freak on-set accident that left him screaming in pain and unable to walk.
According to reports, the 57-year-old Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives icon “slipped down a set of steps” while filming his new show Flavortown Food Fight — and what happened next was straight out of a horror movie.
Fieri told Fox News Digital that as he fell, one leg shot forward while the other got caught on a threshold, causing his quad muscle to literally tear in half.
“I looked like I was doing the splits,” he said. “When my right leg compressed into itself, the doctor told me he hadn’t seen a tear like that — in twenty years. It was ripped right through the middle. Yeah, it sucked.”
Doctors reportedly described the injury as “an explosion” inside his thigh — a grotesque, rare injury that required immediate surgery to stop his muscles from receding.
“You normally tear that muscle at the tendon,” Fieri explained, “but mine just blew apart in the center. It literally exploded.”
Production on Flavortown Food Fight came to a screeching halt as crews scrambled while the celebrity chef was whisked off to the hospital. “We had 125 people on set,” he recalled. “All the chefs were ready, cameras rolling — and suddenly, I’m being wheeled into surgery.”
Sources close to production told RadarOnline the atmosphere turned “chaotic” as medics rushed in. “It was terrifying — no one knew how bad it was until we saw the blood,” an insider said.
Now recovering at his California ranch, the usually upbeat Fieri is facing at least eight weeks off his feet — a devastating blow for the tireless TV host known for his high-energy personality.
“It’s been a damper,” he admitted. “I’m up at the ranch where it’s usually all hiking and outdoors — but now, I’m stuck in a wheelchair. Not exactly my idea of Flavortown.”
The injury has also wrecked Fieri’s holiday plans. “Oh, it’s going to affect it,” he said. “I can’t walk, I can’t cook. I’m on crutches and in a wheelchair.”
But there’s a silver lining — Fieri’s son, Ryder, is stepping up to take over Thanksgiving dinner duties. “He texted me from school and said, ‘Dad, I guess all that training is about to pay off — it’s my time to shine,’” Fieri laughed.
Still, fans are worried. As one viewer posted on X, “Guy Fieri’s leg exploded?? 2025 is officially cursed.”
Source: RadarOnline.com
OUCH!! I hope he has a complete heal.
Since it’s Thanksgiving, I’ll have that drumstick.