TV presenter Fern Britton issued a warning to her followers after she gave herself a nasty injury with a steak knife. The much-loved ex This Morning star shared a picture of her injured hand on Twitter, which can be seen below.
She was opening a new bunch of flowers from the supermarket - and instead of getting out a pair of scissors to take off the string took out the closest thing to hand - which happened to be a steak knife. She said: “WARNING: Just stabbed my thumb. Using a steak knife instead of scissors to cut string around a bunch of flowers. Went in about a centimetre .
“Pulled it out and the inside looks like steak.. sorry are you having supper? Applied pressure, and held up.. not too bad now.”
Fans rushed to check she was all right. Leanne was very worried and said: “Oh my days. Do you think you need to get it looked at ?” Fern replied: “I’ll let you know!”
Rachel Wilson had a similar experience and explained: “I once tried to open a wine bottle with a steak knife and stabbed my boob.” Fern was sympathetic, saying: “Owe.”
MARTIN GERRARD added: “Hope you didn’t swear Fern,” to which Fern replied with laughing emojis. Jim asked: “Hope you did not get to a tendon,” and Fern said: “I don’t think so x.”
Hev TheNHS warned: “Hmm, be careful as deep wounds at the base of the thumb have a habit of reopening as it’s quite a mobile area. Might be an idea to get it seen by a nurse at your surgery or local A&E, as 1cm can be quite deep for an area that size.”
