Eddie Hall has stopped taking photos with fans when he is with his family following an accident involving his young daughter.
Hall is one of the most recognisable athletes in the world given his stellar career as a strongman.
He won several titles during his decorated career, including the coveted World's Strongest Man competition in 2017.
Naturally, Hall often gets stopped for a photo and he obliges - even if he's with his family.
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But the 38-year-old Englishman no longer takes pictures with fans when he is with his family following an incident that resulted in his daughter being rushed to hospital.
Speaking on the Rob Moore podcast, Hall recalled a story where he was putting his daughter, who was eight months at the time, in her car seat before being asked for a picture.
After taking the picture, his daughter fell out of the car seat and was left unconscious after being knocked out.
He said: "There was an incident, and this is the main reason I don't do pictures when I'm with my family now. So, there was an incident, and this happened quite recently, where I was in a park and I was pushing my kids, both my kids, on this swing, like a big circle swing. And I would say at least three people came and asked me for a picture. So, I was pushing my kids on the swing. And every time I was like, 'no, I'm sorry, I can't take my eyes off my kids'.
"I'm pushing my kids on the swing. And everyone was like, 'oh, sorry, sorry, sorry'. So they get it, right? That journey from the park to my car, another 10 pictures, and I do them, you know, if I'm not, whatever, I'll do my pictures. And then I was putting my youngest daughter, she was only eight months at the time, I was putting her into a car seat, right? And it's a very bucket car seat.
"So, I'm strapping her in, and then someone taps me on the shoulder, 'Eddie, can I have a quick picture?' And I turn around I was going to say, 'no, I'm busy'. I turned around, there was a little boy there, nan, granddad, mum, dad, brothers, sisters. I'm like, 'okay, right, let's do this picture'. So, I do this picture, right? Thank you very much, they bugger off. As I turned back round, my daughter fell out the car seat. Boom, boom, boom, boom, head first on the floor, completely knocked out, unconscious."
Hall added: "I picked her up and she was literally, you ever seen someone break their back and they go like spasm? And she went into this, she was like a board, she just went, no noise from her, just went stiff as a board. And I was instantly like, I was like, I broke her back or something. So, she's unconscious. I chucked her in the car, drove to the hospital at a hundred miles an hour, got in there and got that dealt with.
"But it was the fact that this family, it's so innocent, isn't it? It's so innocent. Asking me for a picture when I'm in my face sounds so innocent. But that, that picture resulted in my daughter going to A&E. And it's like, people just don't think about that kind of sh*t. You know, when I'm pushing my kids on this, let's say I did that picture with somebody when I'm pushing my kids on the swing,
"I turned back and when I was on the floor, we were broken neck. It's just, people just don't respect those boundaries. And that's what f**king boils me a little bit. It's like, you've got to respect those boundaries. When a man's with his family."
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