Laura Woods' scar explained as she returns to present Euro 2024 after horror injury
Laura Woods is back on TV screens as one of the pundits leading the coverage of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship. The tournament kicked off on Friday, 14 June with Laura among the presenters on ITV covering the first match between Germany and Scotland.
The pundit, 36, looked her usual glamorous self as she chatted to former footballer Ally McCoist, but fans were quick to notice she was sporting a scar under her eye. Laura recently opened up about sustaining a severe facial injury in a freak accident while away with boyfriend Adam Collard, which left her needing emergency surgery.
Laura opened up about the accident on Instagram after fans had noticed her absence in the build-up to Tyson Fury's heavyweight unification bout that took place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, 18 May. She explained what had happened and thanked the medical staff who helped her.
She told her 756,000 followers: "Just wanted to explain my absence from the telly for a little while, to be totally transparent and avoid any speculation. I had an accident last weekend at a holiday cottage. I swung a pillow and hit a large, glass lampshade hanging from the ceiling above me, which shattered and cut my face and arms, but luckily missed my eye."
Laura paid tribute to boyfriend Adam, 28, and his family. She went on: "I wanted to say a couple of thank yous, firstly to Adam, for being my hero that day, acting so quickly and not leaving my side since and to his family for taking care of me in a time when I was petrified.
"To my agents Alex Maguire and Matthew Odonohue at CAA who searched for the best help immediately. To Dr Yannis Alexandrides and his wonderful medical assistant Zuzanna at 111 who opened their emergency surgery and came in on their days off, they were so gentle and have already worked magic that I didn't think was possible to reduce the damage."
"I've added in the photos from then to now to show that even though it may look rough, it's such a wonderful improvement already and I'm so grateful. It was a hell of a shock and I've been a bit sad, but I'm feeling very lucky it wasn't worse. So a big thanks to my eyebrow too, for taking the brunt of it.
"I'm gutted I can't cover the fight in Riyadh tomorrow anymore, but wishing the brilliant TNT boxing team all the best. Be back soon xx," she added.
