News | Entertainment
13 Sep 2025 16:11
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Tori Spelling has opened up about being left with a skin graft from her thigh on her arm after her horror restaurant grill fall

    The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actress, 51, took a tumble in 2015 and landed on a hot hibachi grill at the restaurant chain Benihana - leaving her so badly burned she had to get part of her leg grafted onto her arm to replace dying skin.


    She told her former 'Beverly Hills' castmate Jennie Garth, 52, on their '9021OMG' podcast: "I did get a radically bad burn falling on a hot hibachi grill at Benihana on Easter in front of my entire family.

    "I have a skin graft that they had to take from my leg.

    "Not many people can say, 'Hey, I'm wearing my thigh on my arm', and I'm not even kidding.

    "So I'm wearing a thin layer of my thigh on my arm because the skin burnt so bad."

    Tori added she was trying to get a picture of one of her children wearing a chef's hat when she "took one step back, flew up on the oil and the rest is history".

    She added when she fell her arm was "sticking to the grill" and her family told her they could smell burning.

    Tori went on: "You know when you fall in front of people and you're, like, embarrassed, and you're, like, 'I'm fine'.

    "And you're really, like, 'Oh, I don't know if I'm okay'.

    "It was one of those moments."

    She added other diners thought she'd been drinking, saying: "Like, 'Well, it's the celebrity."

    Tori also said even though she was in agony she went on with the meal as it was Easter and she is a "bad-a** b****".

    The next day, she drove herself to the emergency room where she said she was told by medics her skin was dying and she needed to attend a burn clinic.

    Tori later sued the Benihana chain for what her lawsuit called "deep second and third-degree burn injuries requiring hospitalization and surgery" - before settling out of court.

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     12 Sep: The Long Walk proves yet again why Stephen King’s stories are perfect for the big screen
     12 Sep: Stuart Craig, the acclaimed production designer behind the Harry Potter films, has died aged 83
     12 Sep: Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz have been seen introducing each other to their separate groups of friends - after the singer met her father
     12 Sep: Prince Harry has arrived at Clarence House for his first meeting with King Charles in more than 19 months
     12 Sep: Jon Cryer doesn't want to be part of Charlie Sheen's "cycle"
     12 Sep: Kit Harington and Keira Knightley have been cast in the new Harry Potter audiobook series
     12 Sep: Mandy Moore felt "super helpless" after her sons were diagnosed with RSV
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Wallaroos primed for Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against Canada More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    The Powerball's reached ten million dollars in a must be won prize tonight, as Lotto prepares for a technology upgrade More...



     Today's News

    Rugby:
    Wallaroos primed for Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against Canada 16:06

    Rugby:
    Black Ferns centre Stacey Waaka has declared the team's pride in their defence, ahead of their World Cup quarter-final clash with South Africa overnight 15:46

    Environment:
    A magnitude 7.5 earthquake has hit eastern Russia - very close to where July's 8.8 mega-quake hit 15:36

    Law and Order:
    A man's facing multiple charges after Police found a sawn-off shotgun and cocaine in his car in Queenstown 14:56

    Politics:
    Nepal's gen Z protesters are continuing the fight for their future even after picking a new prime minister 14:16

    Rugby:
    The Bay of Plenty Volcanix have won their local derby in the women's Farah Palmer Cup, thrashing the visiting Hawke's Bay Tui 62-17 14:06

    Business:
    The Powerball's reached ten million dollars in a must be won prize tonight, as Lotto prepares for a technology upgrade 13:46

    Rugby League:
    New Zealand Warriors coach Andrew Webster declares they won't be altering their identity in tonight's NRL playoff clash with the Penrith Panthers 13:36

    Law and Order:
    Tyler Robinson, 22, in custody after manhunt for conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killer 13:36

    Law and Order:
    Who is Tyler Robinson, the accused killer of Charlie Kirk? 13:16


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd