The superstar chef Gordon Ramsay stated he is “fortunate to be right here” after a biking accident left him with an unlimited bruise throughout his torso. He revealed the harm in a startling video shared Saturday to his social media pages, the place the British restauranteur and actuality TV star harassed the significance of sporting a helmet whereas bike using.
Ramsay didn’t share particulars in regards to the circumstances surrounding the crash however described it as “a very unhealthy accident” that occurred earlier within the week whereas he was using his bike in Connecticut. He stated the accident left him shaken and in ache, though he didn’t break any bones or endure main accidents.
“I’d wish to share an important message with you all,” stated Ramsay within the video, which he recorded whereas seemingly again to work in his chef’s uniform. “This week, sadly, I had a very unhealthy accident and it actually shook me. And, actually, I’m fortunate to be right here.”
His accidents required hospital remedy, Ramsay stated, earlier than thanking a crew of “unimaginable trauma surgeons, medical doctors, nurses” at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital within the coastal Connecticut metropolis of New London, who dealt with his care within the wake of the crash. But Ramsey famous that he was most grateful to his helmet for saving his life.
“You’ve bought to put on a helmet,” Ramsay stated. “I do not care how brief the journey is, I do not care the truth that these helmets price cash … they’re essential. Even with the youngsters, a brief journey, they have to put on a helmet.”
Ramsay lifted his uniform coat to offer the digital camera a have a look at the bruise he suffered within the accident. It coated one aspect of his midsection nearly utterly with the pores and skin marked in a deep purple shade.
“Now I’m fortunate to be standing right here. I’m in ache, it has been a brutal week and I’m form of getting via it,” Ramsay stated.
He completed the video with a sign-off recognizing Father’s Day on Sunday.
“This weekend is very large. It’s Father’s Day, for brand new fathers, outdated fathers, middle-aged fathers,” he stated. “I need to want you all a really blissful Father’s Day. But please, please, please, please put on a helmet. Because if I did not, actually, I would not be right here now.”
Along with the video, Ramsay shared a picture of himself earlier than the biking accident and one other of his helmet after the crash. The helmet is visibly broken, with one massive crack across the rim. But it is largely intact.
