Chef Gordon Ramsay says he “wouldn’t be here” without his helmet after cycling accident left him badly bruised

The movie star chef Gordon Ramsay mentioned 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 careworn the significance of sporting a helmet whereas bike driving.

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 driving his bike in Connecticut. He mentioned the accident left him shaken and in ache, though he didn’t break any bones or endure main accidents.

“I would prefer to share an important message with you all,” mentioned 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, truthfully, I am fortunate to be right here.”

His accidents required hospital remedy, Ramsay mentioned, earlier than thanking a workforce of “unbelievable trauma surgeons, docs, 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. However Ramsey famous that he was most grateful to his helmet for saving his life.

“You have to put on a helmet,” Ramsay mentioned. “I do not care how quick 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 provide the digital camera a have a look at the bruise he suffered within the accident. It lined one aspect of his midsection virtually utterly with the pores and skin marked in a deep purple shade.

“Now I am fortunate to be standing right here. I am in ache, it has been a brutal week and I am form of getting by way of it,” Ramsay mentioned. 

He completed the video with a sign-off recognizing Father’s Day on Sunday.

“This weekend is very large. It is Father’s Day, for brand new fathers, outdated fathers, middle-aged fathers,” he mentioned. “I need to want you all a really glad Father’s Day. However please, please, please, please put on a helmet. As a result of if I did not, truthfully, I would not be right here now.”

Together 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 giant crack across the rim. However it’s largely intact.