Patrick Puydebat is in the cast of The Island. An adventure that he will not soon forget due to his accident during filming: he was bitten by a stingray.
It's the big night. This Tuesday, January 7, M6 launches the new season of The Island. A return with fanfare for the adventure show which has not changed its concept by sending 10 celebrities to a desert island. Their only objective: survive in a hostile environment thanks in particular to the good advice of Loury Lag, who succeeds Mike Horn at the presentation. Besides hunger, thirst or even bad weatherthe candidates also had to face a natural environment populated by insects and other animals that could be dangerous.
And Patrick Puydebat paid the price as revealed by the sixth channel in an extract published on social networks. Lying on the sand and screaming in painthe actor of the series The Mysteries of Love was attacked… by a stingray. A sting that made him suffer martyrdom to the point that the program teams urgently called the medical team.
Patrick Puydebat stung by a stingray: the actor talks about his very long treatment
If viewers will discover the terrible sequence in its entirety in front of their TV, Hélène Rollès' comrade spoke to Here is about this accident. “I had no luck. I got stung by a stingray. It's extremely painful. If you want something to compare, it's like I'm injecting boiling oil under your skin. This is the effect it can have“, explained Patrick Puydebat, who suffered from this injury well after leaving Ko Tarutao Island, Malaysia.
“The sting took a long time to heal.he lamented. As soon as I stopped the antibiotics, it automatically reinfected itself. It was 3 months of care. I had a hole in my foot for 3 months. If it is poorly treated, it can end in septicemia, necrosis or even amputation. It's very serious. I have a scar, I won't tell you, and a 2 euro coin in my foot“. A bad memory of the show that he will keep for a very long time.