The TV star, who is dad to 10-year-old Jesse, eight-year-old Marmaduke and six-year-old Huckleberry, caused controversy as he opened up about taking his children paragliding without the recommended safety gear.
In an interview with The Times, the 41-year-old said: “People go mad over the fact that I take my sons paragliding. But I am really safe with it. We probably should have helmets and stuff like that, but the thing is, I know how to do it safely.”
He added: “The law would say: ‘Do the helmet’, but I know the sport well, I know where the risks are.”
In another controversial admission, he revealed what he told his eldest son when he broke his leg jumping off a slide: “Bones heal and chicks love scars, so remember that.”
A number of concerned parents have taken to Twitter to voice their disapproval of Grylls’ approach to sport with his children.
One wrote: “Shocked to see Bear Grylls’ children don’t wear helmets…” Meanwhile, others branded Grylls an ‘idiot’ and ‘arrogant’.
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