Fitzy And Wippa joke that Ita Buttrose pushed Natarsha Belling down an escalator

Ten Eyewitness News presenter Natarsha Belling, 48, suffered a nasty leg injury after she fell down a shopping centre escalator in heels this week.

But the painful ordeal didn’t stop Natarsha from poking fun at herself days later, appearing in a light-hearted interview with Fitzy and Wippa on Wednesday.

During the chat, Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald suggested that former Studio 10 panellist Ita Buttrose, 76, was to blame for Natarsha’s fall, joking: ‘It was Ita… She wants her job back!’

 

‘Hit with a Brussels sprout!’ Fitzy and Wippa joked on Wednesday that Ita Buttrose caused Natarsha Belling (pictured) to fall down an escalator ‘because she wants her job back’

‘Got hit with a Brussels sprout!’ co-host Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli jokingly added, referring to the notorious ‘Brussels sprout incident’ that took place behind the scenes at Studio 10 last year.

Ita quit Studio 10 in April this year, less than six months after fellow panellist Denise Drysdale, 69, infamously threw a bowl of Brussels sprouts at her while they were filming a Christmas-themed segment.

When quizzed on the details of her injury, Natarsha explained: ‘I fell from the second step on an escalator and I don’t fall elegantly and then I took out half of my shin.’

Still smiling! Following her nasty injury Natarsha posed with the radio duo as well as producer Matt De Groot after the interview. Pictured (left to right): Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald, Natarsha Belling, Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli and Matt De Groot

Still smiling! Following her nasty injury Natarsha posed with the radio duo as well as producer Matt De Groot after the interview. Pictured (left to right): Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald, Natarsha Belling, Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli and Matt De Groot

'Got hit with a brussel sprout!' Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli  , referring to the infamous 'brussels sprout incident' that took place behind-the-scenes of Studio 10 last year

‘Got hit with a brussel sprout!’ Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli jokingly referring to the infamous ‘brussels sprout incident’ that took place behind-the-scenes of Studio 10 last year

Not on good terms? Ita (pictured) quit Studio 10 in April, less than six months after Denise Drysdale, 69, famously threw a bowl of brussel sprouts at her while they were filming a segment together.

Not on good terms? Ita quit Studio 10 in April, less than six months after Denise Drysdale, 69, (pictured) famously threw a bowl of brussel sprouts at her while they were filming a segment together.

Not on good terms? Ita (left) quit Studio 10 in April, less than six months after Denise Drysdale (right), 69, famously threw a bowl of brussel sprouts at her while they were filming a segment together

‘And I was thinking, “I can’t lose my teeth!” So I was kind of protecting my face. I was rolling!’

On Tuesday, the mother-of-two took to Instagram to share a gruesome photo of her left leg with a long row of small wounds down the front.

She captioned her Instagram post: ‘So, someone once said shopping can be dangerous… here’s proof!

Soldiering on! Natarsha was spotted using crutches as she made her way to Network Ten's Pilot Week on Tuesday night 

Soldiering on! Natarsha was spotted using crutches as she made her way to Network Ten’s Pilot Week on Tuesday night 

‘Very sore and sorry today after falling 12 steps down an escalator… And I was sober!

‘Thank you to all the kind people who helped me and to the wonderful doctors and nurses for putting me back together!

‘P.S Please excuse the crutches and hopping as I co-host the Cure Cancer Australia fundraiser tonight!’ 

'I am very lucky and I am okay': On Tuesday, the mother-of-two took to Instagram to share a grizzly photo of her left leg with a long row of small wounds down the front

‘I am very lucky and I am okay’: On Tuesday, the mother-of-two took to Instagram to share a grizzly photo of her left leg with a long row of small wounds down the front



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