Death in Paradise favourite says ‘it was nearly the end’ in filming admission

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Don’t miss the start of Death in Paradise tonight [Friday 30th January] at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer(Image: BBC / Red Planet Pictures / Lou Denim)

Death in Paradise actor Shaquille Ali-Yebuah made an appearance on Friday’s BBC Morning Live.

The episode, presented by Greg Rutherford and Janette Manrara, featured the 30 year old star, who portrays Officer Sebastian ‘Seb’ Rose, discussing the show’s 15th series.

During the conversation, Shaquille recounted a terrifying moment whilst filming when he thought his ‘legacy was nearly over’.

The popular drama is shot on location in Guadeloupe, a French Caribbean island.

Presenter Janette, 42, enquired: “Now, tropical islands are home to a few scary creatures and you’ve had some close encounters on the island…”

Shaquille disclosed: “So one, there’s this thing called a Scolopendra [gigantea], which is like this giant poisonous centipede and they say people get bit by them, like some people die, they go into shock, they go to hospital.”, reports the Express.

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Death in Paradise star Shaquille Ali-Yebuah appeared on Friday’s BBC Morning Live(Image: BBC)

“I was getting ready to go to the wrap party and I was in the shower, you know, playing some good old jazz music, having the time of my life and I felt like this sharp knife thing, like I got cut and I looked down, it’s a big Scolopendra just on my leg.

“I don’t know how I didn’t feel it crawling up and it was nearly the end, my legacy was nearly over, you know, if it kept crawling, who knows…”

Janette, visibly worried, asked: “What did you do?” to which Shaquille recounted his ordeal: “So I looked at it, obviously slapped it off, tried to stamp it out, you can’t do that because they survive all of that, you actually, you have to cut it in half, they say. And then even then it still moves.”

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BBC Morning Live showed a picture of a Scolopendra [gigantea](Image: BBC )

He continued: “I jumped out fully soaked up looking for scissors, caught myself in the mirror ‘I look good’, continue to get the scissors, but they apparently have to pour rum on the wound in order for it to go down because I went straight to the Death in Paradise group chat, ‘Guys, they got me. What do I do?'”.

“Yeah, pour rum on it and then it goes down after a while, but it was very painful, man!”.

Don’t miss the start of Death in Paradise tonight [Friday 30th January] at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.