Oprah Winfrey.The shamefaced chef had been on Oprah's show almost two decades ago to grab attention for his prowess in the kitchen, but almost knocking the iconic presenter down in his moped probably wasn't the stylish showbiz entrance he'd had in mind.The chef, now 46, had been a fresh-faced lad in his 20s when the accident that sent him tumbling off his bike in front of his host - and 600 other people - took place.However his baby-faced image didn't prevent lawyers from worrying that he might sue.Talking on the new episode of podcast On Jimmy's Farm, he confessed that it had been a stunt that had gone horribly wrong.“I did a walkthrough of the recipe.They asked me to get on the scooter, then you would rehearse it,” he explained.“The next thing I did was in front of 600 spectators.'What no one told anyone was that the cleaners came through after the test and polished the floor."That was a recipe for disaster - and one the chef hadn't intended to share with anyone."I burst in, put my foot on the brakes and nothing happened," he recalled of the horror."I was going towards Oprah and I wasn't stopping.
I flew off the bike."From Jamie's perspective, all hell broke loose afterwards, with him confessing: "Her security thought I was trying to take her out.
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