‘I was afraid I was going to get my other arm broken’ - Stars who have been attacked by animals
Celebs have all sorts of wild experiences, like being recognised across the globe, but sometimes they are in stickier situations, such as when they come face-to-face with wild animals who aren’t as friendly as their legions of fans.
Susan Sarandon
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These stars have all been attacked by animals
Ryan Seacrest
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The ex ‘American Idol’ host got noshed on by a shark while swimming in the sea on holiday in sunny Mexico. The 48-year-old television personality said after the 2008 incident: "I was bitten by a shark. It swam up to me, and it took a bite, and then he left."
Gordon Ramsay
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The ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ star thought he was a “goner” when he fell off a cliff in Iceland after being bitten by a puffin on his beak in 2008. However, he was too “embarrassed” to say the seabird nipped him. The 56-year-old celebrity chef told The Telegraph at the time: "I keep saying one of my kids punched me. I'm too embarrassed to say it was a puffin."
Carol Vorderman
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The ex ‘Countdown’ star, 62, revealed that on ‘I’m a Celeb: All Stars!’ there was some ambushing by monkeys in the South Africa-based camp. She wrote on her Instagram: “The monkey attacks, the hippos, the exercising, the bikini trials, everything. You and me together, stay with me.”
Niall Horan
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The former One Direction star, 29, was forced to give footie a miss after he was“attacked” - not by a rabid stan of his boyband - but by a squirrel in London’s Battersea Park in 2012. At the time, he said: "A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It's rare. "I've torn most of the ligaments in my knee. So no football for me, it's early retirement now. I've got a floating knee cap."
Jason Biggs
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The ‘American Pie’ star was on vacation with his wife Jenny Mollen in 2012 when he got attacked by an ape in Gibraltar. Of the incident, the 43-year-old actor said: “You take a gondola, like a tram, up to the top of the Rock, and you get off and there are signs everywhere that say, "Don't feed the monkeys, don't touch the monkeys, don't look at the monkeys, do not make eye contact. “My wife, of course, seems to think that the rules do not apply to her... (and) much to her dismay, did not have any snacks."
Paris Hilton
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The ‘Stars Are Blind’ hitmaker, 42, was rushed to hospital in the early hours of the morning in the lead-up to the 2006 release of her eponymous debut album after being bitten by her pet kinkajou (a tropical rainforest mammal) named Baby Luv. At the time, her publicist Elliot Mintz said that the heiress was playing with the wild animal "the way some people play with their cats and dogs” and he got too excited.
Shakira
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The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ hitmaker was out with her nine-year-old son Milan - who, along with Sasha, seven, she has with her ex Girard Pique - enjoying the wilderness when a wild boar “destroyed” her bag and her phone. Showcasing the damage on her Instagram, the 46-year-old pop star said: “Look at how the two wild boars that attacked me in the park have left my bag. “They were taking my bag to the woods with my phone in it. They’ve destroyed everything.”
Betty White
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The late ‘Golden Girls’ icon - who passed away aged 99 last year - recalled being ambushed by a swan as “like being hit with a baseball bat”.
Rashida Jones
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When the ex ‘Parks and Rec’ star, 47, was a child, she was chomped on by the pet chimp of their late superstar family friend Michael Jackson, according to her father, music producer Quincy Jones. The 90-year-old icon said: “He bit a hole in her hand.”
Susan Sarandon
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The ‘Thelma and Louise’ star labelled the dolphin that attacked her while bathing in the sea with Timothy Leary “jealous” in 2006. After breaking her arm, the 76-year-old actress said: “The attendants were screaming, ‘We’ve got to get you out!’. I was afraid I was going to get my other arm broken.”
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