While appearing on Live with Kelly and Mark, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor detailed what happened to his youngest child, daughter Ava the day before her 4th birthday
Alfonso Ribeiro is sharing new details about his daughter’s recent scooter accident.
While appearing on Live with Kelly and Mark on Tuesday, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor, 51, opened up about what happened to his daughter Ava the day before her 4th birthday.
“On Thursday, unfortunately, my daughter got injured and had to have emergency surgery,” Ribeiro told Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. “So it was a very stressful weekend. She fell and had basically road rash on her face and arm, and so they had to scalpel off all the skin.”
When Consuelos, 52, asked Ribeiro if Ava is going to be okay, the actor responded, “It’s going to be a long process.”
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He also revealed that wife Angela had a feeling that something bad was going to happen to Ava.
“The hard part of it is that my wife really listens to her intuitions and she actually on Thursday bought everyone into the kitchen and told everyone, ‘I have a feeling my daughter is going to the ER this week. Do not let her do anything that she can get hurt doing.'”
Ribeiro added, “That obviously wasn’t listened to. And so my nanny was running back into the house to get pads and stuff and [Ava] went on a little sit-down scooter anyway.”
“How long has your wife been a psychic?,” asked Ripa, to which Ribeiro responded, “Unfortunately, most of her life. She very rarely gets things wrong and sees things coming. You don’t always listen to that feeling, and I think that all mothers have that beautiful intuition.”
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“That was very specific but all mothers have that intuition,” he continued. “You carry this soul around in your body for nine months; there is a connection that men can never understand that women have with their babies. And she felt something that unfortunately everyone didn’t abide by that information.”
The Dancing with the Stars co-host and Angela first revealed last Friday that their daughter had emergency surgery after falling off her sit-down scooter.
“Not the kind of day you want the day before turning 4,” wrote Ribeiro alongside a photo showing Ava’s injuries.
“Just want to give a heartfelt thank you to @kareskinmd for the emergency service and procedure to help lessen the likelihood of scaring. So proud of how brave my baby girl was during the surgery,” he added.
Ribeiro and Angela share Ava and sons Alfonso “AJ” Lincoln, 9, and Anders Reyn, 8. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum is also father to 20-year-old daughter Sienna from a previous relationship.
Alfonso Ribeiro’s iconic television personality danced its way into our hearts with his talents as an actor, TV director, award-winning dancer, and Broadway star. Ribeiro has spent over 30 years leaving his unique mark on television, theater, and pop culture worldwide.
Ribeiro currently hosts “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and the beloved show is currently in its 33rd Season!! Showing its timeless appeal, it’s the longest running series on ABC and will return Fall 2023.
Ribeiro will return to the “Dancing with the Stars” ballroom again but has been upped to emcee of the franchise in its 32nd season. Julianne Hough has joined as his co-host and will assume Ribeiro’s previous role on DWTS, which is to interview the dancers after their performances in the Celebraquarium, or Sky Box.
Ribeiro also hosts the hit cable spinoff of the longtime ABC hit, “America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition” that airs on Nat Geo WILD and brought lots of laughs into homes across America with hilarious clips of cats, dogs and other animals. In addition, he hosted Game Show Network’s six seasons of the hit “Catch 21”, for which his work garnered two Emmy Nominations.
Ribeiro began his career as a child actor encouraged by his mother and father throughout. Most notably, he landed on Broadway playing the lead role in the Tony-winning musical “The Tap Dance Kid.” As news of Ribeiro’s tap dancing and singing skills spread, he was offered a recording contract with Island Records, for whom he released several dance/pop singles, as well as his role in Michael Jackson’s 1984 “Billie Jean” Pepsi commercial.
Ribeiro moved next to series television in the long-running NBC sitcom “Silver Spoons,” making him an instant teen idol. After earning a theater arts education from Cal State University, Los Angeles, he was given the opportunity to choose a role on the established sitcom “A Different World” or a new pilot called “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Showing an adventurous streak, he chose the latter and created the lovable iconic character of “Carlton Banks” for which he is known for throughout the world.
Having grown up in front of the camera, he knew that opportunities existed behind the camera as well and became a sitcom director. His diverse resume includes popular series like “In the House,” “Shake It Up,” “Are We There Yet?,” “The Wannabes,” “Meet the Browns,” “Cuts,” “Eve,” “One on One” and “All of Us.”
Ribeiro continued to make good use of his dancing skills and his competitive nature in 2014 when he won the 19th season of “Dancing with the Stars.” After finishing in first place, he hosted the nationwide “Dancing with the Stars” live tour.
Golf is also one of Ribeiro’s many passions, and he is currently a PGA TOUR Champions Ambassador.
He resides in California with his wife and four children.