BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty recalled the horrifying moment she believed her jaw had been broken by her husband James Haggar after a squash match turned seriously competitive.
The 45-year-old BBC presenter and her husband, who are both keen sporting people, took to the court for a friendly racket game when the accident occurred.
With the match heating up and both eager to win, it was at this point that the news reader was struck by James’ racket.
Remembering the bloodbath and believing her jaw had been broken at the time, the pair hot footed to A&E where her face had to be glued back together.
BBC breakfast host Naga opened up about the time she thought her husband had broken her jaw (Image: BBC)
The BBC favourite spoke candidly about the ordeal on her Spirit Podcast where she went into detail about her love of all things sport before spilling the beans about the terrifying saga.
Glancing back, she said: “I have numerous cuts and I have a very bad scar from where my husband slammed a squash racket into my face and we ended up in A&E.
“With James and I, it’s always competitive and I’m one of those annoying players – I’m always in the way.
“So I was in the way and I shouted ‘obstruction’ because I could see, you know, he’s a strong man, and I’m not going to take all the blame for this – it’s been years – he hit me with the forehand and it went ‘smash’ [into my face].
“So I’ve got this scar, and it’s been glued. I thought he’d broken my jaw.”
Naga and her husband were both keen to win on the squash court when the game turned competitive and the BBC favourite took a racket to the face (Image: Getty Images Europe)
After the pair had absorbed the shock, they immediately took off for the hospital while trying to stem the bleed.
Continuing, she added: “We lived in Blackheath at the time and there was blood everywhere. We stood there, he ran off to get some tissues or whatever and we drove to the hospital.”
Due to the innocent nature of Nada’s brutal injury, the pair hadn’t even given any consideration to what others may have considered from the outset.
To outline any possibility of domesticated abuse, the couple were separated and faced stern questioning from officials to ensure that Nada was not a victim – which she wasn’t
With blood everywhere Naga and her husband immediately took off for hospital and had to face stern domestic abuse questioning (Image: PA)
She explained: “When I play sport I sweat a lot, which is a great feeling, and when we got (to the hospital) I had a pool of sweat around my chest – we got separated and asked about domestic violence, which is right, but James was mortified!
“I worked at Channel 4 News at the time as a producer/reporter and I went in and the whole side of my face was black and I had a black eye.
“I said it was a squash injury but you could see everyone’s concern – James refused to play squash with me for three years.”
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