Amanda Abbington

Actress Amanda Abbington says her stuntman fiancé Jonathan Goodwin will never walk again after the horrifying accident.

He continued: "I will have a lot to say on that matter and the benefits of being kind in the future.. and the out pouring of love from all the corners of the world; from people I didn’t even think would know or remember me… "There are a few people who should not remain nameless. Unless there’s a kind of stem cell surgery or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he’ll be like that forever.” “I’ve tried my hardest over the years to be kind, thoughtful, honest supportive and good. Then on the operating table, he nearly died again.”

Britain's Got Talent star Jonathan Goodwin has been left paralysed and in a wheelchair after one of his terrifying stunts went horribly wrong.

And then on the operating table, he nearly died again,’ she added to Out To Lunch podcast with Jay Rayner. ‘He’s just been in rehab since October…He’s paralysed now, he’s in a wheelchair. The daredevil, who rose to fame on the 2019 series of the talent show, suffered the horrifying accident in October 2021 while he was rehearsing for a spin-off show, America’s Got Talent: Exreme.

Amanda Abbington has opened up about the horrifying accident in a rehearsal for 'America's Got Talent: Extreme' that nearly claimed the life of her fiance ...

The Pembrokeshire escapologist is now in a wheelchair after his rehearsal on America's Got Talent: Extreme went wrong.

The couple got together after Abbington split from her fellow Sherlock actor Martin Freeman and Goodwin had divorced his wife. She also revealed that her fiancé remains "positive and upbeat and so strong", while declaring: "His courage and his strength is something that I just aspire to be like. And then on the operating table he nearly died again."

Amanda Abbington speaks out after her escapologist fiancé Jonathan Goodwin nearly died twice.

I have been to the very brink and dodged the worst that a human being can, without fear… And then on the operating table he nearly died again.” Unless there’s a kind of stem cell surgery or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he’ll be like that forever.”

Jonathan Goodwin's fiancée, Amanda Abbington, told the Out to Lunch podcast that Goodwin "broke his spine and severed his spinal cord" in the accident that ...

Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family as we await further updates on his condition," the statement continued. "I have been to the very brink and dodged the worst that a human being can, without fear…because I was protected by love," he also wrote. The stunt involved Goodwin being clad in a straitjacket and hung upside, while he attempted to escape in between two cars suspended alongside him. Looking forward to my next chapters and being a roll model." "Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever." And then on the operating table, he nearly died again."

Jonathan Goodwin: what did wife Amanda Abbington say about stunt accident - is BGT escapologist paralysed? Goodwin was practising a stunt for America's Got ...

Abbington also said the stuntman left her a voicemail before his surgery, saying that there was a 50% chance he wouldn't make it, and that he told her he loved her and thanked her for spending the final few months of his life with him. He’s amazing.” Abbington revealed Goodwin “nearly died again” on the operating table, and now he’s paralysed and “in a wheelchair”.

Jonathan Goodwin, who appeared on Britain's Got Talent, shattered both of his legs, broke his spine and suffered third degree burns in the stunt which went ...

And then on the operating table, he nearly died again." Unless there's a kind of stem cell surgery or that thing that Elon Musk is designing with the little chip, he'll be like that forever." He's amazing."