This is what led to BBC presenter Rav Wilding suing the producers of Splash!В Wilding, previously the host of Crimewatch, which is sort of like England's version of Unsolved Mysteries, agreed to participate in the show in 2013.

Of course, instead of undergoing years of grueling practice like said athletes, TV shows work on a much faster schedule, and the celebrities involved get a lot less experience before they start diving.

It seems she escaped the ordeal with nothing more than minor injuries like bruising and a swollen lip, however, according to the NZ Herald. Claire even says she can't feel her face and has a headache, which are symptoms of a concussion, while her partner, Brook, urges her to go on, to Claire's shock. It's a stunning physics lesson, but not exactly the most comfortable one. You can feel the impact, and it looks very painful. After letting go of the sling, it flew forward, but the watermelon stayed in the sling, only to rocket back into her face on its return. Unfortunately, something went terribly wrong when it was Claire's turn. It all seems very straightforward - the two were to load ordinary watermelons into the leather sling, pull it back, and launch it at an empty suit of armor. But sometimes they're physical feats, such as in an episode in the 2010 season of the show, where duo Brook and Claire, home shopping TV hosts in their day jobs, were required to launch a watermelon using a very brutal-looking medieval slingshot.

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