Guy Fieri has shared a health update eight weeks after revealing he was involved in an accident on set. The 57-year-old Food Network star tore his quad muscle in half after falling down the stairs while filming his show, Flavor Town Food Fight.
In a new interview with People, Fieri described the injury as “the worst thing” he has experienced in the past 20 years, leaving him unable to do his regular exercise activities like hiking and CrossFit. “I’m doing better,” he said, adding that it was “definitely a trying holiday.”
During his recovery, Fieri said he developed a “real appreciation for having the ability to just get up and walk around and do everything you used to.” He noted that eight weeks without hiking had driven him “kind of crazy” but that he is looking forward to getting back to it while trying to take it easy.
The chef said his doctors have warned him to be cautious, telling him, “We know you want to get after it, but let's not go back to where we were.” Fieri responded, “We are never going back to that! That was the worst thing I've been through in the last 20 years.” He added that he expects to be “up and ready and healthy and rolling by the time we hit the Super Bowl for sure.”
Recalling the injury in November, Fieri explained how rare it was to tear a quad in half. He told Fox that his doctor said he had never seen a tear in the biggest, thickest part of the quad in half. Because his muscles did not “recede” after the fall, he was rushed into surgery. “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 said.
