Chris Hughes shares injury that went undetected for five weeks despite 'brutal' pain

Chris Hughes took to Instagram to update fans after breaking his finger. The former Love Islander and Celebrity Big Brother housemate posted to his Instagram stories to share his relief that the injury wasn't worse.

The star posted a picture of an x-ray showing where his finger had broken and captioned the post: "I've been strolling around for 5 weeks playing golf with a broken finger."

He clarified that he was aware of an injury but didn't realise it was a break, and instead thought it was worse. "Thought it was ligaments when it happened, so just took painkillers each time cus it was brutal pain," he wrote. "But today finally got ultrasound."

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Chris was relieved to find his finger was broken, as a ligament injury would have been worse. While a break will often heal cleanly with the right care, torn ligaments are less likely to do so because of their poor blood supply. They are also slower to heal. As such, Chris' golfing hobby would have been impacted more severely had it been a ligament injury, so he called the break a "good result".

"Anyway a fracture is better than ligament damage so all in all, a good result," he said. He also joked that people should "watch out for the injured golfer" and said his golfing skills were at their peak.

"My golf is the best place it's ever been," he continued. "So as they say, 'watch out for the injured golfer'."

Golf is not the only sport Chris posts about online. Since leaving the Big Brother house in April, he has posted about Soccer Aid, horse racing and cricket. Since 2021, Chris has been a presenter for the BBC's coverage of cricket tournament The Hundred but was dropped in August ahead of this year's competition, in favour of Rick Edwards from Radio Five Live.

During his time presenting The Hundred, Chris caused controversy after telling female cricketer Maitlan Brown she was "like a little Barbie".

He also spent six years as part of ITV Racing's presenting team but was dropped in April over a pay dispute.

Outside of his sports posts, Chris's Instagram is mostly filled with pictures of himself and his girlfriend, Jojo Siwa. The pair met on Celebrity Big Brother and a reportedly hinting at marriage in the near future.

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