{"id":2514749,"date":"2025-11-26T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guy-fieri-wheelchair-bound-after-freak-accident-while-filming-new-show\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:06:47","slug":"guy-fieri-wheelchair-bound-after-freak-accident-while-filming-new-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guy-fieri-wheelchair-bound-after-freak-accident-while-filming-new-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Fieri Wheelchair-Bound After Freak Accident While Filming New Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fguy-fieri-wheelchair-bound-after-freak-accident-while-filming-new-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Celebrity chef Guy Fieri suffered a severe injury to his quadriceps muscle after slipping down a set of steps. The unusual accident caused him to split the largest part of his quad muscle in half-something his doctor had never seen in 20 years of practice. The injury left Fieri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-spy-agencys-sloppy-photoshop-makes-mockery-of-half-assed-performative-diversity-initiatives\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Spy Agency\u2019s Sloppy Photoshop Makes Mockery of Half-Assed Performative Diversity Initiatives\">wheelchair-bound<\/a> and required immediate surgery to prevent the muscle from retracting. At the time, he was in the middle of filming his new show, &#8220;Flavor Town Food Fight,&#8221; which had to adapt creatively due to his absence. Despite the setback, fieri remains positive and has not publicly focused on the injury via social media.Unfortunately, the injury will keep him out of the kitchen for Thanksgiving, though his son is expected to take over cooking duties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For such a large group of muscles, the&nbsp;<em>quadriceps femoris<\/em> sure does seem a smidgen flimsy, no?<\/p>\n<p>Quad injuries are very common, and afflict everyone; you, your neighbor, your favorite athlete &mdash; and world-famous chefs, too.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity chef Guy Fieri, perhaps best known for his boisterous optimism, &ldquo;Flavor Town,&rdquo; and his hair, is grappling with an especially bad injury to his quad.<\/p>\n<p>And the normally gregarious Fieri was wheelchair-bound because of it.<\/p>\n<p>Fieri spoke to Fox News about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expectant-father-28-killed-by-exploding-gender-reveal-device\/\" title=\"Expectant Father, 28, Killed By Exploding Gender Reveal Device\">freak accident<\/a> that led him to split his quad in half.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[I] slipped down a set of steps and one foot went forward and the other foot got caught on the threshold,&rdquo; he told Fox News. &ldquo;So, you know, it extended me out. I looked like I was probably doing the splits, but when my right leg compressed into itself the giveaway point and the doctor said he&rsquo;s never seen &mdash; you know, in 20 years &mdash; he hasn&rsquo;t seen a tear in the biggest, thickest part of your quad in half.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, it sucked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fieri added: &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old Fieri has been using both a wheelchair and crutches as he recovers from the injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Food Network star said that he was immediately rushed to surgery after the injury first occurred, to ensure that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >torn muscle wouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t &ldquo;recede.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To add mild insult to serious injury, Fieri was in the middle of filming his new show, &ldquo;Flavor Town Food Fight,&rdquo; when the injury occurred.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, right in the middle of filming that and we&rsquo;ve got everybody in town and all the chefs there and 125 people on set &ndash; and everybody&rsquo;s ready to go &ndash; and I&rsquo;m in surgery. So, we figured out how to pivot through it and to have some creative filming techniques. But it&rsquo;s been a run, and now I&rsquo;m up here at the ranch, where it&rsquo;s always about hiking and outdoors, and you know, beautiful,&rdquo; Fieri told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>And in perhaps the understatement of the century, Fieri called the injury a &ldquo;damper&rdquo; on what was otherwise a momentous milestone for his latest venture.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with his positive attitude, Fieri actually hasn&rsquo;t even broached the serious injury on his social media.<\/p>\n<p>On X, the last post from Fieri was a re-quote of a post from his Flavor Town brand account that was jabbing fun at where music star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce would host their forthcoming nuptials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJ4z5wiU4K\">https:\/\/t.co\/XJ4z5wiU4K<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EnzdnIi9sn\">pic.twitter.com\/EnzdnIi9sn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Flavortown (@flavortown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flavortown\/status\/1992631658575708460?\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And some additional bad news for the Fiery family: The celebrity chef confirmed that the injury would keep him out of the kitchen for Thanksgiving, though his son seems ready and willing to step up in his injured father&rsquo;s stead.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Celebrity chef Guy Fieri, famous for his energetic personality, &#8220;Flavor Town,&#8221; and distinctive hairstyle, is currently dealing with a severe quad injury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2514750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-334.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8151,9398,67738,34636,67739],"class_list":["post-2514749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-accident","tag-filming","tag-guy-fieri","tag-new-show","tag-wheelchair-bound"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-334.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514753,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514749\/revisions\/2514753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}