Ant Anstead is on the mend after experiencing a “freak” accident while playing sports.

The 46-year-old host of Celebrity IOU: Joyride shared with his Instagram followers on November 1 that his focus has shifted towards health recovery following a series of challenges, which include sustaining significant injuries during a soccer game.

“I’m ready for October to end! Three of my dear friends have received devastating diagnoses, prompting me to take a closer look at my own health. I delved deep into exploring diet, peptides, body scans, vitamins, and more,” Anstead posted. “Then, out of nowhere, a bizarre soccer incident happened, resulting in a detached pectoral muscle along with tears in my rotator cuff and labrum!”

The television personality acknowledged that his sports-related injuries have necessitated a much-needed period of rest and recovery.

In related news, Ant Anstead has been ordered to provide a substantial six-figure payment to a man who accused him of not fulfilling a promise. As reported exclusively by Us Weekly, an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled on September 23 that Anstead and his business partner, Jenson Button, are required to pay $101,000 in damages, $17,000 in interest, and additional fees.

“Surgery now complete and I am forced to rest (which I don’t do well)….! So I’m taking it as a sign,” he added. “And I am going back down the health rabbit hole as I’m in the age group where I need to take this stuff more seriously! And be Healthier and kinder to my body. Any and all advice greatly appreciated.”

Many of Anstead’s famous friends sent well-wishes, including racing driver Chris Buncombe replying: “Ah mate so sorry to hear this. Get well.”

Many were excited that Anstead still managed to post a shirtless photo in his underwear despite multiple injuries.

“Rest up,” singer Imelda May responded. “But I mean you have to work on those tights mate! Fishnets would up your game. 🔥 Get well soon X.”

Anstead’s unfortunate health setback came a few weeks after his reunion with his ex-wife Christina Haack at their son Hudson’s parent-teacher conference at school. He shared photos from the family’s big day, in addition to assuring Instagram followers that “Hudzo is thriving” in school.

“We doing a great job with this little chap! Nice work mum,” he wrote to Haack.

During a February episode of HGTV’s The Flip Off, Haack shared the way Anstead supported her following her most recent divorce from Josh Hall. (Haack was first married to Flip or Flop costar Tarek El Moussa from 2009 to 2018. They share a daughter Taylor, 15, and a son Brayden, 10. Tarek has since married Selling Sunset alum Heather Rae El Moussa and they share 2-year-old son Tristan.)

“Ant and I split up when Hudson was 1 and now he is 5. Between the time of his first birthday and fifth, we did not communicate a lot,” she explained.

The Christina on the Coast star, 42, went on, “After Josh and I split up, I went over to his house to pick up Hudson and he gave me a huge hug. We hadn’t hugged in years and he said, ‘I am so sorry for everything you are going through and I am here for you no matter what you need.’ It was a very nice moment and we had a very long talk after. We decided to put all the BS aside and be good coparents.”

Christina Haack is on such friendly terms with ex-husband Ant Anstead that she’s willing to assist on his next renovation project. Haack, 41, took to Instagram on Monday, March 31, to comment on a video of Anstead, 46, discussing an extravagant farmhouse renovation he plans to take on “for my parents to move into.” When […]

Anstead shares two children — daughter Amelie, 21, and son Archie, 18 — with his first wife Louise Storey, to whom he was married from 2005 to 2017. The automotive specialist and Haack, 42, share their son Hudson, 6, from their three-year marriage, which ended in divorce in 2021.

He started dating two-time Oscar winner Renée Zellweger in 2021, after the actress appeared on his Discovery+ show Celebrity IOU: Joyride.

Earlier this year, Anstead’s representative blasted rumors that he was living separately from Zellweger as “disrespectful and misleading.” The speculation started when Anstead reportedly stayed with a woman named Julia French in California.

His rep told People that Anstead “stayed just a handful of days in Julia French’s separate, and detached, guest house” because they were longtime friends, before confirming that the TV host was still “in a cherished relationship” with Zellweger. (Zellweger was out of the state at the time filming Only Murders in the Building in New York City.)