Nev Schulman Moves ‘Onward’ After Near-Fatal Biking Crash

Catfish’s Nev Schulman continues to make superb strides in his restoration simply three months after a near-fatal accident.

Cameras caught up with the TV host on Wednesday, the place he spoke about his current participation within the New York Metropolis Marathon, and up to date followers on his situation following the scary incident that left him with a damaged neck and different vital accidents.

With a large smile, the 40-year-old Schulman spoke about his current participation within the annual metropolis staple and admitted that whereas he felt “nice” doing it, he nonetheless wasn’t in peak bodily form.

“The marathon was exhausting,” the media character shared with reporters. “I positively wasn’t within the form I actually would’ve favored to have been in, however I acquired to the end line.”

“That’s all that issues,” he added.

TMZ notes that collaborating on this 12 months’s marathon had been on Schulman’s to-do listing for some time.

Together with his purpose met, Schulman confirms that he nonetheless has a method to go in his restoration, together with continued bodily remedy, however so far as he’s involved, it’s all about ahead momentum.

“I’m again [to riding] my bike, I’m taking part in with [my] youngsters, I’m selecting them up and again to doing the entire issues, and I’m feeling actually good – onward!”

Schulman’s optimistic angle within the face of his accident masks the dire severity of what occurred again in August.

Whereas biking to choose up his son from college, Schulman collided with a truck and have become critically injured.

Simply days after the accident, Schulman shared his recollection of the harrowing occasion on his Instagram web page.

“Life can change right away,” he wrote.

“I by no means made it to choose up my son from college on the bike. I’m glad I didn’t. I used to be alone on impression. [just] me and the truck. After which, I assume the pavement. I used to be alone and unconscious. After which, acutely aware.”

Schulman was then rushed to a Southampton, New York hospital, the place medical doctors handled him for a damaged neck.

To his credit score, the Catfish host was sporting a helmet when the collision occurred. Had he not, there’s a very good likelihood he won’t have survived.

“Steady fractures. I’m not paralyzed,” Nev defined in his put up. “My palms have been a query mark there for a minute, however the human physique is unbelievable and so are people.”

Following surgical procedure on his neck, Schulman instantly began bodily remedy, being assisted by hospital staff who helped him regain the flexibility to stroll.

Inside days of the accident, he was upright on his personal and even managed to stroll down the hospital halls with out help. Nevertheless, a nurse nonetheless accompanied him, simply in case.

In images and movies shared on-line, Nev documented his miraculous restoration, thanking medical doctors and his household – spouse Laura and his three youngsters – for his or her assist.

“I’m fortunate to be right here, alive, standing and hugging my household, [and] projected to make a full restoration,” Schulman shared on Instagram. “And I’m actually beginning to perceive the that means of gratitude – for the massive and little issues earlier than the accident, and now every part [else] shifting ahead.”

Proving the adage that “life goes on,” Catfish co-host Kamie Crawford recently announced her departure from the MTV sequence after six seasons.

The 32-year-old former Miss Teen USA, who joined the sequence following the exit of photographer Max Joseph in 2018, posted the shock announcement to her social media accounts a bit greater than a month after Schulman’s accident.

In an announcement to followers, Crawford shared the time had come for her to deal with her subsequent “journey.”

“After I acquired an e mail from Catfish‘s manufacturing division asking if I needed to visitor co-host two episodes of one among my favourite reveals of all time,” Kamie wrote. “I by no means would’ve imagined the life, love, reminiscences, and worldwide assist that it might’ve awarded me.”

“I’m so grateful for each single second spent touring the nation, assembly so lots of you, and serving to folks discover love,” she continued, including:

“My mother has at all times taught me that, ‘folks might not at all times bear in mind what you stated, however they’ll at all times bear in mind the way you made them really feel.’ The outpouring of affection I obtain from Catfish followers all over the world lets me know that I’ve executed [that].”

The timing of Crawford’s Catfish announcement made some followers surprise if rumors of a beef between her and Schulman held any weight.

Moreover, eagle-eyed Reddit customers took discover of Nev unfollowing Kamie on Instagram close to the interval of the assertion’s launch, including additional hypothesis to the matter. On the time of this writing, he has since re-followed her.

It’s value noting that neither Crawford nor Schulman have publicly appeared to say something adverse concerning the expertise of working with each other.