06 January 2023 , 21:49
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The Apprentice star Claude Littner revealed he is doing 'wonderfully well' after his 'freak accident' that almost resulted in his leg being amputated.
The 73-year-old couldn't participate in last year's season following a horrendous bike accident and was briefly replaced by Tim Campbell.
Claude has since said the paramedics on the scene ‘saved his life’, as he described how an ambulance had been behind him after the fall and managed to assist him right away.
He appeared on Good Morning Britain and revealed he was 'lucky' to have the ambulance driving behind him.
"It was a freak accident. I think someone was looking out for me but if someone was looking out for me better, I wouldn't have had the accident," Claude explained.
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"I was lucky to have the ambulance driving behind me."
Claude gave an update on his health (ITV)Claude, who returned to The Apprentice this year's series, told presenter Susanna Reid : "I am doing wonderfully well, thank you.
"I am very grateful to the ambulance crew for looking after me and of course the surgeons at St Mary's who put me back together."
The business mogul was out on his bike when the accident occurred.
The former chief executive of Tottenham Hotspur was "pottering along" near his home in north London when disaster struck in April last year.
"I must have been doing no more than 10 kilometres an hour on this sort of two-track road," he explained to PA.
"The next thing I knew, I was on the left-hand side of the street, my bike was in the middle of the road and I didn’t know what happened."
His leg was almost amputated because of the accident (PA)"I suspect I hit a pothole or something like that, but I must have blanked out at the moment of impact, because the next thing I knew, I was lying on the ground."
An ambulance rushed Claude to the trauma unit at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, where surgeons successfully managed to save his leg.
He continued: "My wife and my sons were there as well and [the doctors] decided they were going to amputate my leg.
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"And then they had another chat about it and they said, 'Look, let’s get him into theatre right away tonight and let’s see if we can save his leg'.
"And I went into theatre and it was a very long operation and they didn’t take my leg off."