'I genuinely should not be here after what happened.'
Freddie Flintoff said he was “struggling with my anxiety” and having “nightmares and flashbacks” after a serious crash while filming Top Gear.
Flintoff has made a steady return to the public eye since, rejoining England’s backroom staff for their T20 series against the West Indies earlier this year, and as head coach of the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred. The documentary shows the former Lancashire all-rounder in hospital shortly after the crash, where he says it will be “a long road back”, but adds he is looking forward to seeing his young cricket team again.
Flintoff goes on to explain that he thought he could “just shake it off” after the crash, but admitted things had been “a lot harder than I thought”. He added: “As much as I want to go out and do things, and I’ve just not been able to.” Hogg says: “He just needs a bit of space at the moment. When they started, Fred was there for everyone in the room, this is genuinely the time that you lads are there for him.”
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