Footage of Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff shortly after his Prime Gear crash has been proven for the primary time, revealing the extent of his accidents.
The TV presenter and former England cricket all-rounder sustained critical facial accidents and damaged ribs after a crash whereas filming Prime Gear at Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey, in December 2022.
The incident occurred halfway via the filming of the second season of Freddie Flintoff’s Discipline of Desires, which aired yesterday on BBC One.
The programme confirmed footage Flintoff filmed of himself a week-and-a-half after the accident.
“Genuinely shouldn’t be right here after what occurred,” he stated within the clip.
“That is going to be a protracted street again and I’ve solely simply began and I’m struggling already.
“Obtained to have a look at the optimistic aspect, I am nonetheless right here, I’ve acquired one other probability. I’ve acquired a go at it… a second go.”
Footage filmed seven months after the accident confirmed Flintoff considering whether or not he may journey to India as a part of the collection, which sees the retired cricketer coach a crew of youngsters from troubled backgrounds.
Flintoff, 46, stated he was struggling to go away his house attributable to anxiousness, and that he was having nightmares and flashbacks within the aftermath of the accident.
Northern Superchargers’ head coach Flintoff watching The Hundred girls’s match at Headingly final month. Pic: PA
Flintoff through the nets session on the Kia Oval in September final 12 months. Pic: PA
“I assumed I may simply shake it off,” he stated.
“I needed to shake it off and say ‘right here I’m, I am alright’. But it surely’s not been a case of that, it has been rather a lot more durable than I assumed.
“As a lot as I needed to exit and do issues, I’ve simply not been in a position to.”
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He added: “I do not wish to sit right here and really feel sorry for myself. I do not need sympathy, but it surely’s going from being in right here for seven months actually after which going to India for 2 and a half weeks.”
The programme confirmed how Flintoff in the end managed to make the journey to India, which was delayed by greater than a 12 months attributable to his crash.
The incident led to him stepping again from the Prime Gear – which has since been suspended for the “foreseeable future” by the BBC.
Beforehand, the BBC stated it had agreed a monetary settlement with Flintoff, which was reported to be price £9m, in line with The Solar.
Flintoff returned to cricket as part of the England teaching workers, and is at present in his first full-time teaching place with Northern Superchargers, in The Hundred.