Slipknot's Sid Wilson is on the mend after a fire accident.
On Friday (August 23), the 47-year-old heavy metal DJ revealed in a pair of video on social media that he suffered “severe burns” to his face and hands after trying to start a fire at the Iowa farm he shares with girlfriend Kelly Osbourne.
“My face is burned and my cheeks,” Wilson said in a clip from his hospital bed. “I had an explosion in my face.”
After taking a close-up of his injuries, which included charred eyebrows, blisters and burn marks on his hands, the musician assured fans that he is recovering from the incident, despite a shaky hand while recording the clip on his cellphone. .
“I'll be OK, but I had some serious burns on my face and hands,” Wilson said, adding that doctors also took X-rays of his chest.
Slipknot shared a statement about the accident on the masked metal band's official Instagram account.
“Our brother Sid Wilson had an accident today and suffered burns all over his body,” the group wrote Instagram Friday. “He is recovering with his family and will continue to join us on stage in Rocklahoma next weekend. Thanks everyone for the well wishes and we'll see you all soon.”
Slipknot are scheduled to headline Rocklahoma's closing night on September 1st. The three-day event takes place in Pryor, Okla. The masked band has US tour dates on the books through October.
Wilson's band members weren't the only ones who had something to say about the fire explosion. Kelly Osbourne, who shares a young son with the DJ/keyboardist, also had a few words about her boyfriend putting himself in harm's way.
“This is why you don't have piles of burns,” Osbourne said in a video from the hospital, posted of her. Instagram Stories. “It literally set itself on fire and blew everything up.”
The “Papa Don't Preach” singer. first met Wilson in 1999, when Slipknot toured with Ozzfest, the touring hard-rock music festival founded by her parents. The lovebirds became Instagram official in February 2022.
Check out Wilson's updates from his hospital bed on Instagram below.
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