A pregnant television presenter has revealed the horror moment when she was attacked by a shark close to shore at a resort in Puerto Rico.

Eleonora Boi, shared a photo of herself in a hospital bed on Instagram, describing the experience as the “worst day of my life.”

“I never thought I could get attacked by a shark and I was near the shore and on a super crowded beach,” she wrote in the caption of the photo according to a translation.

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She explained that she had to have surgery for the injury she sustained on her leg.

“I was rushed to the rescue and the surgery to fix my poor bruised leg went well,” she said.

Boi is the wife of former NBA star Danilo Gallinari, and expressed her gratitude for his support during the incident.

“I thank my husband . . . he gave me all his love and courage,” she added.

“Now I just have to recover from the great scare and try to forgive the great friend who betrayed me. Shark will be hearing from my legals soon.”

Local police confirmed that a woman suffered an open wound to her thigh at Carolina Resort, Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia reported.

“Based on the photographs provided to us, we believe the characteristics of the bite could be consistent with those of a shark, but to validate this, a series of analyses would be necessary,” Nilda Jiménez said.

Boi and Gallinari, who are both from Italy originally, married in July 2022 and share two children. Boi is a sports journalist and presenter and is pregnant with their third child.

Danilo Gallinari is an accomplished Italian basketball forward who began his professional career in Italy before being selected 6th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.