John Whaite, a prominent reality TV star known for winning The Great British Bake Off season 3 and making it to the finals of Strictly Come Dancing in a same-sex pairing, shared social media posts updating fans that he had been hit by a car and was taken to the hospital immediately.
"Last night | got run over (seriously)," Whaite wrote in an Instagram Story. "I rolled up the bonnet damaging it and the windscreen, before splatting onto the road and crawling to the pavement where some angel of a human threw his coat around me and waited with me for an ambulance. The doctors said, 'Thank god you're 16 stone of muscle because it could have been fatal.'
The GBBO winner added, "Moral of the story — build strong muscle and core strength, and don't wear black while crossing the road in the dark when an idiot comes speeding without looking... I've been scanned and poked and prodded and I'm ok. Still gay though."
The original Instagram Story post — shared on Whaite's fitness account @whaitelifter — can be read below.
John Whaite via Instagram Story.John Whaite (@whaitelifter)
That post was followed by two other Instagram Stories shared by Whaite.
"For the avoidance of doubt, in my last post l said 'speeding.' I used the term figuratively rather than literally," Whaite explained. "I meant: It was sudden and shocking. I don't know what speed the driver was going. But it was enough to skittle me up onto his windscreen and down onto the floor."
John Whaite via Instagram Story.John Whaite (@whaitelifter)
Earlier this Thursday, Whaite shared another update with his fans.
The reality TV star wrote, "I cannot thank our amazing police force and NHS enough. From the officer who was at the scene and the paramedics who kept me chatting and warm, to all the caregivers at the hospital. How lucky we are to have these angel creatures roaming the earth, by our sides."
John Whaite via Instagram Story.John Whaite (@whaitelifter)
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