In 2015, McDermott was seriously injured in Myrtle Beach, S.C., when he fell down stairs while holding a water glass that shattered. The shards pierced his left eye, his eye socket was broken, and he sustained severe cuts including to the nerves and blood vessels in his face. Though the eye could not be saved, Pribitkin performed a dozen surgeries to mend McDermott's face. The two have been friends since.