The Jump star Caprice reveals it ‘hurts to breathe’ as she bows out of show with mystery illness following accident on the slopes
CAPRICE has opened up about the accident she suffered during The Jump before she was forced to pull out of the show with a mystery illness.
The model had previously tried to play down a nasty fall on the skiing show that fractured her ribs - before an unconnected bug caused her to drop out of the competition altogether.
She added: Yeah, it takes about four to five weeks [to heal]. When I breathe in, it hurts so much" before adding; "But, it's going to be fine. It really isn't a big deal."
Earlier this month she fractured her ribs during training – flying off a ski jump and hitting herself in the chest with her hard skis as she fell into the giant inflatable blanket underneath.
She revealed: “You are training eight hours a day so I’ve been tired and had bad falls, aches and pains and bruises.
“I hurt my head and fractured my ribs when I was practising the ski jump. As I hit the airbag, my skis bashed against me.”
However the star, full name Caprice Bourret, was forced to quit The Jump last week after later being struck down with a mystery illness.
The 45-year-old star wasn’t able to take part in last week’s show after getting the mystery bug and it was later revealed she won’t ever be returning.
Ahead of the announcement, host Davina McCall told the audience at home: “As you can see, Caprice is not her tonight because she’s not very well. So please get well soon Caprice, we’re all thinking of you.”
A representative for Caprice confirmed her withdrawal from the show and told the RadioTimes.com: “Caprice has actually withdrawn from the competition completely due to illness.”
The star has become the third person who has been forced to quit the winter sports show – with Vogue Williams pulling out before the show even started after dislocating her knee and Sir Bradley Wiggins broke his ankle.
The Channel 4 show has been plagued with stars coming down with injuries since it first aired on TV.
In a bid to reduce the amount of injured stars, it was agreed that the majority of the programme, which is filmed in Austria, would be pre-recorded this series.
However, that hasn't stopped several of the stars sustaining injury - with Made in Chelsea's Spencer Matthews suffering a nasty fall and dislocating his shoulder during practice.
In The Sun Online’s exclusive video, Spencer, 27, was seen rocketing down the piste during rehearsals for the show when he lost his balance and fell.
He was heard crying out as he smashed into a fence, and medics rushed over to help.
The reality regular told the emergency workers that he had dislocated his shoulder in the accident.
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