Freddie Flintoff 'reluctantly does TV' and doesn't know why he's asked back
Former England cricket star Freddie Flintoff has confessed he " reluctantly does TV", but doesn't know why he is "asked back" to front such shows, because he "fluffs the autocue every two minutes" while hosting Bullseye.
Freddie Flintoff doesn't know why he is "asked back" to front TV shows - because he "fluffs the autocue every two minutes" while hosting Bullseye.
The former England cricket player-turned-TV star has been "reluctantly doing TV" since he retired from playing the sport, which has seen him co-present Top Gear, The Games, and front documentary series Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams, among other projects.
But he is surprised he keeps receiving offers to be on the small screen.
Speaking to Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley on This Morning, he said: "I've just filmed a series of Bullseye.
"It's bizarre that, because all I ever wanted to do growing up was play cricket. I never thought in the 80s watching Jim Bowen on a Sunday night, 'I want to be him.'
"With the TV I've always been, like, reluctantly doing TV.
"I've been fortunate, you know. I've done a lot of ideas that have been mine.
"Whether it's been the documentary on depression, which I did, we went to LA and ended up in Steven Spielberg's cinema room with David Beckham for an evening.
"It was it was nice. But, you know, TV for me, you know, I don't know why I get asked back.
"Seriously, I am fluffing the autocue every two minutes on Bullseye.
"I'm not like Ben, who is just smooth isn't he?"
But Freddie is "happy" to do some TV jobs to keep some money rolling in.
He added: "It's a bit of a blend of stuff now. Cricket is my main focus, the odd TV job to pay the bills - I'm happy."
The star's life changed forever in December 2022 when he was badly injured in a crash while filming an episode of Top Gear, which led to the BBC show being taken off air.
But Freddie is "all right" now.
Asked how he is dealing with the aftermath of the terrifying accident, he said: "Yeah, I'm all right. You don't have to put a soft voice on.
"It's been an adjustment and I still do the odd TV job."
Freddie also admitted his cricket career feels like a "completely different life" to what he gets up to nowadays.
He added: "In some ways it feels like a completely different life.
"You know, in some ways I can't really relate to that person dressed in white going on cricket fields and sticking his arms out and shouting and screaming.
"It's very different these days."
