FIRST Dates presenter Fred Sirieix has revealed a major injury as he admitted his body is “hurt” after essential surgery.

It came after the Channel 4 star opened up exclusively to The Sun about becoming a sex symbol at the age of 51.

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Fred, best known for welcoming First Dates singles into the iconic eatery, took to his Instagram page to reveal his thumb on his left hand, fully bandaged.

The chunky white material was wrapped thickly around his digit, but was already smeared with blood.

It was stuck to his hand with a plaster and in his caption he wrote: “Bonjour. What a Monday! Just removed my thumbnail!!!!

“It hurts! Not only that, but doing anything with one inept thumb isn’t easy.

“Apparently it heals pretty quickly. GOOD! Let’s see how the next 24/48 hours are. Have a great day x”

Fans were quick to share his pain, with one writing in the comments section: “Aw! Cake is the greatest healer.”

A second statement: “Poor you @fred_sirieix at least that’s your left hand? Get well soon shampoo.”

A third posted: “Oh poor thing,” before another posted: “Sorry you’re in the wars Fred, I hope it heals up quickly xx”

Earlier this month, Fred revealed all about being an unexpected ‘heartthrob’ and how he does 301 push-ups a day – although that may be down to his injury.

Fred told how he was amazed by the attention he gets about his appearance – and insists it’s all part of his lifestyle – even more so since he turned 50.

The star of the hit C4 dating show told The Sun: “First of all I’m not a heartbreaker – but that’s nice of people to say.

“You have to sweat a lot. That’s the secret.

“I wake up every day, I drink a coffee and then I go and do my sport. I do my 301 push-ups, I do all kinds of exercises, I ride a bike on my bike. I train, I do my boxing training. It’s every single day.

“It’s about moving. As soon as I wake up. I get a good sweat. That’s a secret to good skin. A good sweat in the morning. Sweat. It’s great.

Fred talked about how he started pushing himself even further with his exercise after he turned 50.

He said: “When you turn 50 and you get older, you realize you can’t do the things you used to do because you degenerate.

“And unfortunately that’s the word. So the only way to combat degeneration is to go harder than you went when you were 30.”

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