While filming the new season of The Island (M6), Patrick Puydebat was attacked by a stingray. A painful moment that the actor recently agreed to discuss, sharing, at the same time, reassuring news about his state of health.
Filming films, series or even shows is not without risks… Sometimes, it happens that actors become victims of accidents. And this is unfortunately what happened to Patrick Puydebat in the new season of The Islandthe famous adventure program from M6. For good reason, upon viewing a video posted on the channel's Instagram account, Internet users were able to discover in advance that the actor was bitten by a stingray. An attack which seriously injured the person concerned since he was quickly taken care of by medical teams. “I received like a stab in the foot“, we can hear him say. Now out of danger, the star actor of the series The Mysteries of Love agreed to discuss this incident and provide news to the magazine Here isthis Tuesday, January 7.
Patrick Puydebat speaks about his accident: “It's extremely painful“
Asked by our colleagues about the attack of which he was the target, Patrick Puydebat quickly described the pain he felt at that moment. “I had no luck. I got stung by a stingray“, he first recalled. And added: “It's extremely painful. If you want something to compare it to, it's like injecting boiling oil under your skin. This is the effect it can have.“
Patrick Puydebat cash on his convalescence: “It was 3 months of care“
However, if the stingray attack lasted only a few moments, Patrick Puydebat, according to his statements, paid the costs for many more months. “The bite took an immense amount of time to heal. As soon as I stopped the antibiotics, it automatically re-infected itself. It was 3 months of treatment,” he lamented. Before adding, on the after-effects left by the bite: “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.” Fortunately, since then, the actor seems to have completely recovered from this unfortunate mishap.
