'Cake Boss' star Buddy Valastro's gruesome hand impaling detailed in upcoming TLC special - USA TODAY

"Cake Boss" fans will soon get a candid look into Buddy Valastro's recovery from a gruesome hand injury, in a two-hour TLC special this December.

'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro gets teary-eyed on the "Today" show describing how his family helped him after an accident led to a gruesome hand injury.

"Cake Boss" fans will soon get a candid look into Buddy Valastro's recovery from a gruesome hand injury.

The holiday special was filmed prior to the accident and includes some of Valastro's last cakes before he impaled his hand

In September, Carlo's Bakery spokesperson Michael Ciullo told USA TODAY that the famed pastry chef's hand was repeatedly impaled by a "metal rod" during a "malfunction with the bowling pinsetter" at the bowling alley in his New Jersey home

'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro describes his bloody hand injury: 'It just blew out half of my hand'

'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro's hand impaled during 'terrible accident' at home bowling alley