Guy Fieri says quad 'exploded' mid-shoot, keeping him in a wheelchair for 8 weeks

Guy Fieri was rushed to crisis surgery after missing a set of measures and tearing his quad muscle in half During an interview with Fox News Digital the Food Configuration star explained that he is currently in a wheelchair and using crutches I slipped down a set of efforts and one foot went forward and the other foot got caught on the threshold So you know it extended me out I looked like I was allegedly doing the splits but when my right leg compressed into itself the giveaway point and the medical expert disclosed he's never seen you know in years he hasn't seen a tear in the biggest thickest part of your quad in half Yeah it sucked Fieri explained He explained that he was rushed to surgery after the fall to ensure his muscles didn't recede JAY LENO FEELING GOOD DESPITE SUFFERING BRUISED FACE FROM FALL 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 Fieri noted WATCH GUY FIERI EXPLAINS HOW HE TORE HIS QUAD MUSCLE IN HALF The chef explained that he was in the middle of filming his new show Flavor Town Food Fight when the fall and surgery happened So right in the middle of filming that and we've got everybody in town and all the chefs there and people on set and everybody's ready to go and I'm in surgery So we figured out how to pivot through it and to have a few creative filming techniques But it's been a run and now I'm up here at the ranch where it's inevitably about hiking and outdoors and you know beautiful Fieri disclosed explaining that his injury has been a damper CELEBRITY CHEF GUY FIERI'S MESSAGE TO AMERICANS LET'S EAT BETTER TO LIVE BETTERFieri predicts his injury which will keep him off his feet for eight weeks will absolutely affect this year's Thanksgiving meal LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Oh it's going to affect it because I'm on crutches and in a wheelchair I mean I have to stay off it and the whole thing I can't walk on it for eight weeks So it was funny My son Ryder texted me from school and he disclosed 'Well I guess all the training you've given me and all the cooking I've been doing while I was at school it was going to be my time to shine ' And I mentioned 'I am so happy you're asking me about this versus me telling you you have to do it ' Fieri revealed The professional chef plans on passing the torch to his two sons Hunter and Ryder and his nephew Jules for this holiday So I got my three boys Hunter Ryder and Jules and they all know how to cook And now it's gonna be me quarterbacking from the wheelchair and telling them what to do And we cook for about people up here So it's going to be it's got to be an adventure Fieri explained CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERFieri is in for a long recovery After eight weeks of no weight on his leg he will have to go into a cast and then rehab his quad Eight weeks of no weight on it crutches and a cast and then the rehab which to me I want to get after it as fast as attainable He's like 'You know as much as you want to get back to being Guy you're going to really have to go through it ' I haven't busted anything I mean I broke it all as a kid I broke my leg broke my knee broke my wrist broke my sternum my ribs my tailbone I mean you know name it I broke it But I got done doing that s--t You know I got done with that type of behavior long ago Fieri noted