Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen nearly died while filming Netflix show Bear Hunt after he was dragged underwater during freak river accident
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It's billed as 'the ultimate survival challenge' but it can be revealed that interior designer Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen nearly died during the filming of the Netflix show Bear Hunt after a freak accident. During filming in Costa Rica in May last year, Llewellyn Bowen was among celebrities taking part in a water challenge and was told to leap from a boat into the river.
Sources say that he became entangled in a bungee rope and got stuck underneath the boat. He was dragged underwater for several heart-stopping minutes before being pulled to safety by members of the team supervising the stunt, and lost consciousness. Llewelyn-Bowen, 59, was then resuscitated on the shore by survival expert and former Chief Scout Bear Grylls, who is ‘hunting’ the celebrities in the show.
A source said: ‘Laurence was very shaken as was everyone. He said that he thought he was a goner. Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, 59, nearly died during the filming of the Netflix show Bear Hunt after a freak accident. ‘It was a very serious situation and at the time we thought that maybe Netflix wouldn’t show what happened because it was that bad, but now it looks as if it will be in the programme.
‘Netflix were very very apologetic about it afterwards.’. The show, which is presented by Holly Willoughby and is streaming from February 5th, sees 12 celebrities taking part in challenges in the jungle, including former tennis champion Boris Becker, Strictly’s Shirley Ballas, Spice Girl Mel B and model Lottie Moss.
