Freddie Flintoff admits he barely speaks to Paddy McGuinness after near-fatal Prime Gear automotive crash
Freddie Flintoff has admitted that he hasn’t actually spoken with Paddy McGuinness very a lot since his horrific crash on Prime Gear.
The cricket legend and TV presenter had been filming a section for the BBC automotive present in December 2022 when he was driving a Morgan Tremendous 3, an open-topped automotive, and it flipped over.
Whereas the automotive had solely been travelling at 22 miles per hour, Flintoff was not sporting a crash helmet, and he suffered some horrific accidents, as he was scraped alongside the Prime Gear take a look at monitor.
Fellow presenter Chris Harris was current, and stated he initially thought Flintoff was lifeless as he could not see him transferring at first.
When the cricketer first spoke in regards to the crash on Freddie Flintoff’s Area of Goals, he stated: “I genuinely shouldn’t be right here after what occurred.”
A brand new documentary, merely titled Flintoff after the person himself, goes into extra element about precisely what occurred and the aftermath of the crash that just about robbed him of his life.
Prime Gear was placed on hiatus after the crash and the BBC stated it might not return for the ‘foreseeable future’, although Flintoff’s co-presenters have since labored collectively on Paddy and Chris: Street Tripping.
In Flintoff, the cricketer stated he’d had a detailed bond with them each, however hadn’t spoken to them very a lot because the crash.
He stated: “We’ve been involved, I noticed Chris really. We hugged one another, he received upset, I received upset. It was very nice to see him.
“And I really feel dangerous I haven’t been extra involved with him and Paddy. I feel there was some feedback on Paddy some time in the past saying I’ve not spoken to him, not accomplished this, that and the opposite.
“And a part of it’s, for myself a bit bit, you already know what I imply?
“I hate the phrase triggering however I’m fearful about that. It’s additionally one thing stopped in some methods I suppose due to what occurred to me, like, their careers have been altered as properly, so I really feel, not responsible however I really feel dangerous for them.
“And likewise, it’s like, what occurred will get dragged up sufficient in my very own head with out including to that.”
Harris stated that when it got here to Flintoff, he was ‘cherished to bits’, with the previous Prime Gear presenter describing him as ‘a stunning man’.
As for Paddy McGuinness, he beforehand spoke about being glad that his former co-star was getting again into TV work.
“Once we did Prime Gear, we’re that shut you are collectively all the time,” McGuinness stated of working with Flintoff and Harris.
“You are going around the globe and every thing else you’ve gotten an actual bond.”
He then spoke of Flintoff’s return to TV, saying he was ‘glad he is getting again into it’.
Flintoff will launch on Disney+ on 25 April.
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