Flintoff ‘didn’t leave house for six months’ after Top Gear crash
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff has said he did not leave the house for six months after his Top Gear crash, which left him with both physical and mental scars.
The cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries in a crash while filming the BBC motoring programme in 2022.
Speaking about the incident on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show, Flintoff said he had struggled with “crippling anxiety” in the wake of the crash and has suffered from flashbacks and nightmares.
The interview, to be broadcast on Saturday, comes ahead of a Disney+ documentary which promises an “intimate and unprecedented look” at Flintoff’s sporting career and his return to the public eye after the crash.
“Afterwards, obviously there’s the physical scars that I’ve got. But then the mental side of it,” he told Jonathan Ross.
Source: BBC | Language: English