<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - 'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro details gruesome hand injury"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/23/cake-boss-star-buddy-valastros-hand-impaled-bowling-alley-accident/3509381001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">"Cake Boss"</a> is sharing some <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/11/18/cake-boss-star-buddy-valastro-gives-update-after-bloody-hand-impaling/3773878001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">good news.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Buddy Valastro provided an update about his injured right hand on Mondays' episode of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QORrQpiF_tI" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">"Rachael Ray Show</a>," revealing that he underwent another operation last month.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"I'm feeling good. My hand is coming along. I had my fifth surgery about a month ago," Valastro said, calling it a "huge success."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Now I definitely have a lot more of my mobility back, so I can make a whole fist, I can make all my fingers straight, and I've got about 75% of my strength back," he continued as Ray cheered him on.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Valastro added that despite his great progress, he's still in physical therapy.</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_vp gnt_em_vp__yt" data-g-r="vp_tp" data-c-vt="youtube" aria-label="YouTube video" aria-live="polite"><a target="_blank" class="gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QORrQpiF_tI" rel="nofollow noopener" data-g-r="vp_tg" data-c-vpattrs="{"videoId":"QORrQpiF_tI", "id":"7218474002"}" aria-label="Play YouTube video"><img alt="" class="gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QORrQpiF_tI/maxresdefault.jpg" onload="if(this.naturalWidth<200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove('gnt_em_vp_img__yn')');this.src=" https:="" decoding="async"/><svg class="gnt_em_vp_svg"><use xlink:href="#gnt_svg_video_play"/></svg></a></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Original story:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/23/cake-boss-star-buddy-valastros-hand-impaled-bowling-alley-accident/3509381001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro's hand impaled during 'terrible accident' at home bowling alley</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In September, Carlo's Bakery spokesperson Michael Ciullo told USA TODAY that the famed pastry chef's right hand was repeatedly impaled by a "metal rod" during a "malfunction with the bowling pinsetter" at the bowling alley in his New Jersey home.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Months later, Valastro showed gratitude for the doctors who saved his hand in December with the only way he knows how – by baking a cake. He <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/12/31/cake-boss-buddy-valastro-thanks-doctors-who-saved-hand-giant-cake/4100154001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">built a replica </a>of New York's Hospital for Special Surgery out of cake in "immense appreciation" of the staff's efforts toward his recovery. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Check out the super special cake I made for Dr. Michelle Carlson, the nurses and staff at @hspecialsurgery as a token of my immense appreciation!" he captioned <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJcGhiQFw1g/?utm_source=ig_embed" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">several Instagram photos</a> on Dec. 30 of the massive cake, which...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/04/14/cake-boss-buddy-valastro-hand-injury-coming-along-after-accident/7218403002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
