GB News host Nana Akua hopes Freddie Flintoff has "a lot of positive things to say" ahead of the release of his new tell-all documentary.The former Top Gear host and cricketer withdrew from the spotlight after a horror crash while filming in 2022 which left him with life-changing injuries.FULL STORY HERE.
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00:007.37, Paul's got the sport. Good morning.
00:02There's a lot of focus on a lot of the papers this morning about Freddie Flint.
00:05Yes, there is. I mean, it's great publicity, isn't it, for Disney Plus?
00:08Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:08Well, I've just done it as well.
00:10But it is a documentary about his life,
00:12and it's a 90-minute documentary which is dropping on Friday.
00:16But the thing is, everybody's focusing on the crash, aren't they?
00:19Yeah, of course.
00:19That's what everybody talks about.
00:20I mean, he was a marvellous cricketer.
00:23And I just wonder how much of cricket is going to be in there
00:25and how much is it going to be on the accident.
00:28But it was a horror crash. Of course it was.
00:31He was filming for Top Gear 2022.
00:34It was a little Morgan, wasn't it?
00:36Yeah, I think it was. It was an awful crash.
00:39And he said he didn't think he had it in me to get it through.
00:43Was he wearing a helmet, though? Did we find out whether that would have helped him?
00:46I don't know if he would wear a helmet in a Morgan, would you, for that sort of thing?
00:50Well, I don't know.
00:50When it comes to speeds and all that...
00:52I mean, was he going fast as well?
00:53Oh, he was going fast.
00:55Yeah, he was going 130.
00:56Hard and soft tissue injuries, broken teeth, lost teeth, upper jawbone fractured.
01:02I mean, it's awful.
01:04And he went through a lot, and mentally, very scarring as well.
01:07And he didn't even leave the house for seven months.
01:09That's awful.
01:10So it's a very interesting story, of course, but he opens up about everything.
01:16Yeah.
01:17It'll be an interesting watch.
01:18I think it will be.
01:18I hope he's got lots of positive things to say as well about...
01:21Sure he has.
01:22I'm sure, I'm sure he has, no.