Buddy Valastro Has Been Putting Off His Last Surgery After Bowling Accident: 'My New Year's Resolution' (Exclusive)

Buddy Valastro still has one surgery to go following his hand injury in 2020. The Buddy Valastro Cake Dynasty star had five surgeries to fix his right hand after it was impaled with a metal rod while he was fixing a malfunction with his home bowling alley's pinsetter. Valastro, whose hand is nearly fully recovered, spoke with PEOPLE about the last surgery he’s been putting off that’ll help correct his grip. “I got one more just to get [my] finger straight," he says. "I can't get that finger over to the other side. But listen, I'd say I'm about 95%, which if you saw the spikes from my hand, you'd be like, ‘Holy cow.'" He adds: “You can't even imagine how bad it was. I feel very lucky that I'm able to do what I can do, especially it's my dominant hand. So knock on wood, I feel like we're in a good spot.” With his busy schedule, the Cake Boss star says it’s been tough to find the time to book the surgery. “I know I’ll need about three weeks of downtime [for post-op recovery], so that's th...