Gogglebox star in ‘immense pain’ after snapping her spine on holiday
Gogglebox star in ‘immense pain’ after snapping her spine on holiday
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One of the stars of Gogglebox Australia has been rushed to hospital after fracturing her spine while on holiday. Armchair critic Isabelle Silbery, 38, starred on the Australian version of the popular Channel 4 programme along with her infant daughter, Ruby, and her mum, Kerry.
![[Image from the Instagram feed of Gogglebox Australia star, Isabelle Silbery,]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237453230-9dda.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
She and her husband, Alex Richards, were enjoying a horse riding trip on the remote Turtle Island of Fiji when the painful accident occurred, leaving her stranded and in agonising pain. She was then carried on a stretcher for almost two kilometres before being transported on a boat back to her holiday hut – where she had to wait for an emergency helicopter to bring her to the mainland.
![[Isabelle Silbury]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PRI_216339907-fe44.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
A hospital scan then confirmed the painful truth – that she had fractured her spine in the fall. Sharing the harrowing experience on her Instagram account, Isabelle described how she was in ‘immense pain’ as calamity struck. Sharing a video of herself being carried via stretcher, Isabelle wrote: ‘Turns out being on a remote island is bloody scary when you have a horse riding accident, are in immense pain and don’t know how serious things are!’.
![[Image from the Instagram feed of Gogglebox Australia star, Isabelle Silbery,]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237452610-429f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
She continued: ‘A medical evacuation helicopter was only available during daylight hours so I was carried by local Fijians on a stretcher 2km up a hill in the dark, onto a boat and to my hut. ‘They were all barefoot in the scorching heat, holding my hand and reassuring me I would be okay. They had a doctor on call and loaded me up with pain relief to get me through the night, even sitting on the beachfront outside the hut to make sure I didn’t need anything.’.
![[Isabelle Silbury in hospital]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PRI_216339904-0bab.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
