87 m. ago Flintoff review – so traumatised he can’t even speak to his ex

The story of the former cricket prodigy and car crash survivor Freddie Flintoff is fascinating but this documentary shows he has such extreme PTSD that he keeps slamming the shutters downFreddie Flintoff is numb. As the 98-minute Disney+ documentary Flintoff begins, we find its subject sitting in a hospital room. He can’t feel his lip, the one that was torn from his face in a nightmarish car accident on the Top Gear track in 2022. But more than that, he is mentally checked out. As one doctor after another tells him that he is recovering well and looking good, he stares at the ground dejectedly. He just wants everyone to stop sugarcoating everything and tell him the truth, he says. What he wants to hear is that he looks like “a fucking mess”.Flintoff was designed as the big unveiling of the new, post-accident Freddie Flintoff. His days as a cricketing prodigy are over and so, it seems, are his days as a permanent light entertainment fixture. He is older, slower and more reflective. H...

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8 h. ago Freddie Flintoff shares shocking and graphic images of his Top Gear crash injuries

WARNING: CONTAINS VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES Former cricket legend Freddie is pictured days after accident covered in blood after horrific facial injuries from car accident

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8 h. ago Freddie Flintoff's huge drop in earnings revealed following his terrifying crash

The former England cricket star, 47, was left with horrific injuries after the open-top car he was testing flipped over and slipped along the track at the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey.

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10 h. ago Paddy McGuinness declares love for Freddie Flintoff after co

Paddy McGuinness has opened up about his fond memories and laughing every day while working alongside Freddie Flintoff, after the former cricketer opened up about their time on Top Gear in a new documentary

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10 h. ago Emmerdale DI Roberts' famous soap star wife of ten years as character makes return

Emmerdale's DI Roberts made yet another appearance in the ITV soap lately - but some fans may not know she has a famous soap star wife

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11 h. ago Paddy McGuinness believes he should have received a pay out from the BBC when Top Gear was canned following his co

The television presenter, who joined the show in 2019, complained to friends that he believed that like Flintoff - who was seriously injured from the incident - he should have been given cash.

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15 h. ago Inside Danny Dyer's cheating scandals and 'affair with Girls Aloud star' before family life

EastEnders actor Danny Dyer has been married to Joanne Mas since 2016, but their journey to the altar was far from smooth after he cheated on her multiple times.

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15 h. ago Flintoff on Disney+ review: this documentary spares no grisly detail

The former England cricketer is an engaging and likeable presence in this exhaustively detailed retelling of his life

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17 h. ago Loose Women star halts show for emotional Freddie Flintoff message

Loose Women's Jane Moore sent a moving message to Freddie Flintoff's wife Rachael ahead of the cricket star's Disney+ documentary which details his horrific crash

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18 h. ago Freddie Flintoff's injuries were most 'complex' medics had ever seen 

Freddie Flintoff has opened up in new Disney+ documentary set to air tomorrow on Thursday April 24, which has given fans a glimpse into his recovery following the horror Top Gear crash in 2022

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18 h. ago Freddie Flintoff reveals how cricket instincts saved his life in horror Top Gear crash

Freddie Flintoff was involved in a horror car crash whilst filming Top Gear and as the car rolled his ability to react quickly to situations - which he used in his cricket career - proved crucial

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18 h. ago Freddie Flintoff barely speaks to Paddy McGuinness since BBC Top Gear crash in sad admission

Flintoff has revealed all in a no-holds-barred new Disney+ documentary

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19 h. ago Freddie Flintoff's family life with wife he 'put through hell' and two famous sons

Freddie Flintoff's wife Rachael recalled the heartbreaking moment she saw the Top Gear star after his accident, urging their children to 'stay strong' as he faced a difficult recovery with life-changing injuries

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20 h. ago My cousin Ziyad loved his family, Gaza’s candies and life. A bomb ended all that on Friday night | Ghada Ageel

When Israeli strikes killed 45 members of my family, Ziyad rushed to try to save them – this time, he was the victim. I write of him to defy the darknessMy cousin Ziyad was too young to die. He was sleeping at home in Khan Younis refugee camp when the bombs fell just before midnight on Friday. After they heard the explosion, my cousins Mohammed and Moatsem ran to save him, they told me, but he had already died in his bed. He was 44.Ziyad was a social worker for Unrwa, working with vulnerable families in Gaza’s refugee camps. Every summer when I visited Gaza from my home in Canada, he would buy my little son candies from Asa’ad’s shop – now gone with Asa’ad (who was killed in October 2023) – insisting that Gaza’s candies were the best in the world. Everyone in Khan Younis knew him for his calm presence, gentle spirit and warm smile. He was always ready to help – the words “no” or “I can’t” were never part of his vocabulary. The night before he was killed, he visited the wounded and s...

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20 h. ago When Freddie Flintoff's documentary covering car crash is on TV and where to watch it

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff documents the recovery from his tragic crash in a new feature-length film, which hears from close friends including Jack Whitehall and James Corden

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20 h. ago Jack Whitehall reveals he battled bulimia when starting out in television as he hails 'incredibly brave' Andrew Flintoff in new Disney documentary

Whitehall admitted the 'pressures' of the industry led to his battle and it was something he kept quiet about until his good friend Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff publicly shared his own personal struggles.

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20 h. ago Freddie Flintoff claims BBC treated him 'like a piece of meat' after horror crash in new documentary

Freddie Flintoff has opened up about his life after his Top Gear crash in his new Disney+ documentary, set to premiere on April 25, as he says he learned the 'hard way' about the harsh reality of working in TV.

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21 h. ago We were just a normal family but in a matter of hours, our world has been thrown upside down

The family of Callum Stone, 15, who was sent home from school with a headache, were left 'shattered'

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21 h. ago Freddie Flintoff's son was 'frightened' of him after crash as wife made kids keep heartbreaking promise

The cricket star has been speaking candidly about the aftermath of his horror crash while filming Top Gear

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21 h. ago Freddie Flintoff's wife Rachel asked kids to make heartbreaking promise after dad's Top Gear crash

Freddie Flintoff's wife Rachel opens up about the former cricketer's Top Gear horror crash and the impact it had on her and their family in a new Disney+ documentary coming this Friday.

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