Rumors have been zipping around recently about Roland Martin getting hurt somewhere, somehow. Walt Reynolds, marketing director for Roland Martin Productions, set the record straight.
"Wednesday night last week we were filming a tarpon show for the '08 (TV) series. Roland was fighting a 100-pound tarpon, in the dark, at about 9:30 at night, and he went to step back to put some pressure on the fish. When he did, his foot slipped out from under him, and he fell backwards on his ankle.
"He broke a small bone in his ankle, and had one small (bone) chip. It was a relatively simple ankle fracture, really, but after we talked to the orthopedic surgeon, he (decided to have surgery)."
Martin had surgery at 11:00 this morning to "put a couple screws in it to make sure there's no problems down the road," Reynolds said. "It was about a 45-minute surgery – a relatively minor procedure, just as a cautionary measure. He's on his feet so much, it was just to make sure he doesn't have a sloppy ankle joint.
"He's out and okay, no problems. Everything went as smooth as silk."
