Photo:Hahn Lionel/ABACA/Shutterstock; Ava Ribeiro
Hahn Lionel/ABACA/Shutterstock; Ava Ribeiro
Alfonso Ribeiro’s daughter is on the road to recovery following herscary scooter accident.
“My daughter is doing great," Ribeiro, 51, tells PEOPLE of daughterAva Sue, 4, atA Capitol Fourthrehearsal event in Washington D.C.
“She’s recovering wonderfully,” he adds ofher recent accident, which requiredemergency surgerythe day before her fourth birthday.
“Scary times, scary moments, but she’s doing great,” adds Ribeiro, who is hosting the televised celebration on July 4.
The presenter and actor says that his daughter is also making a trip to see him soon.
“She’ll be here this weekend and so she’s doing wonderful,” says Ribeiro. “The progress is coming along as we expected. It’s a long, long process. But she’s doing wonderful.”
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In May, theDancing with the Starsco-host and his wifeAngelarevealed on Instagram that their daughter Ava hadfallen off her sit-down scooterand suffered serious injuries.
“I wasn’t standing there when it happened,” Riberio tells PEOPLE of the accident on Monday. “Our nanny was there so we missed that, but she came in and — obviously — it was immediate that I knew that we were taking her to a doctor.”
TheAmerica’s Funniest Home Videoshost says it’ll take “months” for Ava to heal from her injuries — although it hasn’t deterred her one bit.
Ribeiro’s daughter Ava Sue, 4, suffered injuries from a scooter accident in May.Angela Ribeiro/Instagram
Angela Ribeiro/Instagram
“She’s still moving around,” Ribeiro tells PEOPLE. “It’s technically healed, but it’s a big old scar so you want that to slowly work its way away and that’s what we’re working on.”
Speaking about his latest hosting gig, Ribeiro says he is “honored” to be presentingA Capitol Fourthfor the first time.
“I’m loving the fact that I get to do this, it’s going to be an incredible show,” he tells PEOPLE. “I’m excited to be part of it, for me, hosting this, it really just allows me to kind of utilize some fun and have a great time and celebrate with America.”
Ribeiro also shares the message he hopes audiences will take away from the event.
“It’s about coming together, right? We can all be from different parts of the world, different parts of the country, different ideologies, but at the end of the day, we have a wonderful country that supports all of that and so let’s come together and let’s all be together and support one another in what we have and what we have is a beautiful country.”
A Capital Fourthairs onPBSat 8/7 central on Tuesday.
source: people.com
