Paddy McGuinness broke his silence after the admission of Andrew Flintoff that he did not speak to his former Top Gear co-animator since his horror accident.
Flintoff, a former captain of England, suffered serious injuries during the shooting of the BBC Top Gear television program in December 2022, with a documentary published on Disney + this week detailing her experiences and recovery.
The cricket legend that became a presenter had led a sports car to three -wheeled Morgan Super 3, who overthrew him and trained through the Tarmac of Dunsfold aerodrome in Surrey.
The vehicle had no airbags and the accident left Flintoff with serious facial injuries and several broken ribs.
Flintoff has received a payment of 9 million BBC sterling pounds after the crash, the star having since criticized the company for having treated it “ like a piece of meat ” in order to tend to attract more viewers.
As part of the 98 -minute program, Flintoff revealed that he had barely spoken to McGuiness and Harris, despite an extremely close link with the pair during the series.
Andrew Flintoff opened his relationship with the Co-Stars of Top Gear Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris in a new documentary
Flintoff (photo in 2018) revealed that he had barely spoken to McGuiness or Harris
Now, however, McGuinness has opened its doors on his relationship with Flintoff, nicknamed Freddie, admitting his love for his old co-star, according to The Mirror.
“I love Fred. He’s a good boy. The crazy thing that I pass so well with him is that I absolutely do not know the cricket. I never looked at him, I have never been in it and I never played it. I knew Freddie and Ian Botham and Michael Vaughan… the famous names.
“Me, Fred and Chris (Harris) every day, we worked together, we laughed. It was such a good experience. It was one of these jobs for me, because someone who was not well traveled to visit the places we did at Top Gear and leave the beaten track.
“It is only when I think about the things we have done that I think of what privilege is to have done this job. Freddie and I always send a message. But everyone has a busy life.
“It’s like with every program I do, you work with people and you stay in touch but no one lives near everyone. It’s like lightning in a bottle bring together everyone.
Flintoff and McGuinness had a clear chemistry on the camera and shared a close relationship, but the former cricket player expressed his concern that seeing his former co-star would bring painful memories.
“We were in contact,” he said. “When I saw Chris, we got rid of, he turned upside down and I got a little upset.
“I feel bad, I was not more in contact with him and Paddy. I think there were comments that I did not speak with Paddy for a while and a game is a bit for me.
An image according to the horrible crash was published as part of the Disney + documentary trailer
Mr. Jahrad Haq (right), an oral surgeon and Maxillo-Facial, operated on Flintoff, who has undergone significant damage to hard tissues and soft tissue of his face
The former cricket star in England, which has become the television presenter lost a significant part of his lips
Flintoff is seen by looking at reconstructive work in a mirror as part of the documentary trailer
“I hate the word triggering … But I’m worried. It is also something that has stopped because of what happened to me. Their careers were also interrupted.
“So I feel bad for them and also as what happened is dragged enough in my own head without adding to that (seeing them).”
In the documentary, entitled “Flintoff”, which takes on an intimate and unprecedented look in the life of 47 years, lively details of the accident and its subsequent recovery is exposed.
In the film, Flintoff admitted that he wanted to be dead immediately after the accident.
He revealed that his greatest fear was that he did not think he had a face ”, declaring that he thought that his face “had come out” in the horror crash.
The film, by the director of BAFTA-AWARD, John Dower, is the first time that the cricket player spoke in non-filtered details of the accident in the Morgan Super 3 sports car.
The documentary, which was created in London earlier this week, presents an overview of Flintoff’s injuries after the accident.
“I thought I was dead, because I was aware but I couldn’t see anything,” he said-realizing a few seconds later, his hat had fallen on his eyes.
Flintoff had expressed his concerns so that McGuinness’s career was interrupted following his accident
But as he lifted him, he looked down to see blood – and was terrified that he had no face.
“I thought my face had come off. I was afraid to death, “he said.
More to follow.
