Jose Canseco broke down in a TV interview over the gun accident that saw him accidentally blow off his own finger and almost shoot his fiancee.
The emotional former Major League Baseball star was told he will never regain full use of his left hand after the weapon discharged while he was cleaning it at his Las Vegas home on Tuesday. But it’s a price he’s willing to pay for the safety on his future wife, swimsuit model Leila Knight.
Now recuperating after doctors reattached the digit in an emergency surgery, the 51-year-old burst into tears as he explained what happened to Inside Edition on Thursday. ‘At first I heard it go off and I actually grabbed the gun and put it on the table,’ Canseco said in the interview. ‘(I) thought nothing had happened. Then I look at my hand and my finger’s blown off.’
Canseco explained the bullet only narrowly missed Knight, who was standing nearby. She quickly ran to his aid.
h/t Daily Mail
