{"id":46583,"date":"2024-02-26T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1998187"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:04:03","slug":"paddy-mcguinness-gives-update-on-freddie-flintoff-15-months-after-top-gear-crash","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/paddy-mcguinness-gives-update-on-freddie-flintoff-15-months-after-top-gear-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy McGuinness gives update on Freddie Flintoff 15 months after Top Gear crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

McGuinness said his former co-star is “very resilient”. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 26 February 2024 at 11:04 AM<\/p>

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Paddy McGuinness has given an update on Freddie Flintoff, after he was involved in a serious car crash on Top Gear<\/a> towards the end of 2022.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on Good Morning Britain<\/a>, the TV presenter told the hosts that he had no doubt that Flintoff is \u201cright as rain\u201d, admitting he hadn\u2019t spoken to him in \u201ca while\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cHe\u2019s all right. I\u2019ve not spoken to him for a while, but, you know, he is getting on with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a very resilient character, is Fred. So I\u2019ve no doubt he\u2019ll be right as rain.\u201d<\/p>

Flintoff and McGuinness both joined automotive journalist Chris Harris on the show as presenters in 2019, after Rory Reid, Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan left.<\/p>\n

In December 2022, Flintoff was involved in a crash<\/a> at Dunsfold Aerodrome. The former cricketer was then airlifted to hospital, with his son Corey telling the MailOnline<\/a> his father was lucky to be alive.<\/p>\n

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Freddie Flintoff on Top Gear.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/James Cheadle<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not too sure what happened but he is lucky to be alive,\u201d Corey told the publication at the time. \u201cIt was a pretty nasty crash. It is shocking. We are all shocked but just hope he\u2019s going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

In October of last year, it was confirmed that Flintoff had reached a settlement<\/a> with the BBC, reportedly worth \u00a39 million, with BBC Studios \u201csincerely\u201d apologising to the presenter.<\/p>\n

Since then, the BBC has confirmed<\/a> that Top Gear would not be returning \u201cfor the foreseeable future\u201d, with the corporation making the decision \u201cto rest the UK show\u201d.<\/p>\n

A statement from the BBC read: \u201cWe know resting the show will be disappointing news for fans, but it is the right thing to do. All other Top Gear activity remains unaffected by this hiatus, including international formats, digital, magazines and licensing.\u201d<\/p>\n