Lele Pons Suffers ‘Really Bad’ Pitbull Bite While Trying to Rescue Her Dog (Exclusive)
The social media star recounted the harrowing tale during her appearance on Rent Free with Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain
Lele Pons will always protect her pup!
In an exclusive sneak peek shared with PEOPLE, the 27-year-old YouTuber joins Bilt’s CEO Ankur Jain to play Rent Free — a “Family Feud style” game where winners can get up to $2500 in rent paid.
During the episode, Pons tells Jain, 34, that she was so excited to play the game to win free rent for Americans that she delayed treatment of her grisly hand injury from the attack to fly from Miami to New York where Bilt Rewards is based to play the game.
As the episode begins, Pons, who has a large bandage on her hand, explains that she’s had a “really bad” past 24 hours.
Jain, impressed with her commitment to showing up for the game, asks her what happened.
“I got attacked by a pitbull — well, I didn’t, my dog was about to get attacked by a pitbull,” she says of her dog Toby.
“It came running to my dog. It grabbed my dog. The minute it grabbed it, I opened the mouth [and] put my hand in,” the Venezuelan actress says, calling the other dog “so strong.”
“The dog was going to my dog,” Pons says, shaking her head “No” and showing her bandage to the camera.
Pointing to her hand, the former Dancing with the Stars contestant explains why she jumped into action. “I’m a mom! I’m a mom!” she says.
A grisly photo of her injury popped up on screen showing the bite wound, and Pons explains that she needs stitches.
“Guys, Lele came all the way here before getting stitches to win you free rent and then she’s getting stitches tonight,” Jain says in the clip.
Pons adds that the incident “happened 15 hours ago.”
The actress is a guest appearing on Rent Free to help lucky winners for the month of May. If you rent in the United States, you can sign up for free to be a Bilt Rewards member at www.biltrewards.com.
Jain is not just the founder of Bilt. He was also recently named to Forbes’ prestigious billionaire’s list.
April has been a busy month for the Bilt billionaire as he tied the knot with former WWE wrestler and creator of KNOCKOUT Erika Hammond in Egypt over the weekend.
“We’re not traditional wedding people,” Jain told PEOPLE exclusively. “Why do you have to spend $20,000 on flowers? It doesn’t make sense. And none of that should matter when you’re getting an opportunity to sit and have dinner at the base of the pyramids!”
Their ceremony and reception were held at the base of the Great Pyramids of Giza.
