Guy Fieri details painful accident and recovery: ‘We take a lot for granted'

Guy Fieri opened up about the terrifying accident that left him in pain but gave him a new appreciation for health and mobility.

The Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives host revealed to Entertainment Weekly that while filming his upcoming Food Network series Flavortown Food Fight, he slipped down the stairs of his trailer during a rainy week in Northern California.

The fall left him with a severe injury.

“My one foot slipped and went all the way down the stairs, and the right leg got caught on the threshold of the door,” Fieri recalled.

“So I’m kind of halfway doing the splits going down the stairs, about a three-foot drop, and then it just took that leg and compressed it, snapped my quad muscle on the center of my leg in half. Literally in half.”

The accident required surgery followed by weeks in a wheelchair and then on crutches.

While Fieri has since recovered, the ordeal changed his perspective.

“It does give you appreciation for being healthy,” he said.

“You look at people that have disabilities and realize, we take a lot of things for granted. Folks that are on crutches and stuff, you know, the next time you see somebody on crutches, maybe clear a little bit of a path. Open the door for them.”

Beyond the physical scars, Fieri said the experience taught him “life’s hard lessons.”

He credited his wife and children for stepping up during his recovery especially around the holidays.

“Watching my wife…carry the groceries. That’s just not how it works in my world,” he explained.

“My kids stepped up big at Thanksgiving and Christmas, they did the cooking. There were a lot of silver linings to it. But now I’m better, now I’m back.”

And he’s back in more ways than one.

Fieri is previewing the new season of Tournament of Champions and teasing a dramatic makeover tied to his partnership with Bosch for Super Bowl LIX.