Myles Stephenson has said viewers will not see the full extent of his painful Celebrity MasterChef accident, after he sliced off part of his thumb while cooking on the show.
The 28-year-old Rak-Su singer was injured so badly during filming that production had to be paused as medics were called in to treat the heavy bleeding.
According to Myles, the scene has been left out of the episode because the footage was considered too graphic for broadcast.
Gruesome: Singer Myles Stephenson has revealed that the moment he injured his thumb while cooking on Celebrity MasterChef will not be shown on TV
The singer explained that the injury happened as he was chopping spring onions, leaving him with lasting damage to the shape of his thumb.
Speaking to The Sun about the incident from Saturday’s episode, Myles said: “They’re not showing it because it’s so gory, but I severed my thumb off.”
He added: “I was speed-chopping and wasn’t looking at where my thumb was and ended up cutting a massive chunk out of my thumb. Now it’s fairly oddly shaped.”
Despite the kitchen mishap, Myles has been making a strong impression on the Celebrity MasterChef judges, building on the cooking skills he showcased last year when he effectively became camp chef on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Emergency: The Rak-Su band member, 28, was bleeding so heavily that filming of the popular TV show had to be stopped while medics rushed to the scene
Presenters John Torode and Greg Wallace praised Myles’s jerk chicken in Wednesday night’s episode although they criticised his ‘raw’ rack of lamb.
Myles says he takes criticism from the judges constructively because he believes that even though it’s a competition, it’s ‘fun and entertainment for people watching at home’.
He added: ‘I didn’t want to come across as a bit of an a***hole’.
Myles then explained how he sliced his thumb off when he started showing off in front of the camera while ‘speed chopping’.
‘So gory’: Myles has revealed that the gruesome moment won’t be shown in the episode because ‘it’s so gory’
The singer said that he learnt the technique from a friend of his who’s a chef but admitted that while trying to employ it in front of the camera he started ‘showing off’.
Myles is competing against 19 other celebrities and survived through Wednesday night when he cooked alongside Apprentice star Thomas Skinner, comedian Judi Love, footballer John Barnes and Death In Paradise actor Shyko Amos.
Shyko was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the BBC show.
Accident: Myles then explained how he sliced his thumb off when he started showing off in front of the camera while ‘speed chopping’
