Giada De Laurentiis Slices Open Finger on Live Television

Italian eats extraordinaire and all-out babe Giada De Laurentiis managed to slice open her finger during a live taping for Food Network’s annual Thankgiving special. The Julia Child moment occurred as De Laurentiis was cutting up a just-baked turkey roll and the knife slipped from her fingers.

“I guess I just sliced through my finger at the same time,” she told Today. “I think everybody kind of freaked out. We don’t do live television usually on Food Network. These things usually just get hidden.”

Working alongside Ina Garten, Bobby Flay and Alton Brown, De Laurentiis became pale and whispered to Ina that she’d cut herself badly, according to Radar. The show cut to commercial and when it returned, Brown told the audience that De Laurentis was getting medical attention. Of course, Brown couldn’t help but poke a little fun via Twitter.

@NancyMacLellan @GDeLaurentiis We did locate the end of Giada’s left index finger in the stuffing. Rushing to hospital now.

— Alton Brown (@altonbrown) November 23, 2013

Luckily, De Laurentiis was back on set 15 minutes later, thickly bandaged finger and all. She later posted before-and-after images of the bloody mishap on Instagram.

Crisis avoided.

H/T Radar, Today + Picthx Giada De Laurentiis