Freddie Flintoff reveals it ‘took him a long time to accept himself’ after horrific Top Gear crash
'I didn’t know if I had it in me to carry on.'
He then spoke about how it took him a long time to get back to a place where he felt like himself or the person he wanted to be.
‘The one thing, I think, getting quite deep here, but the one thing you just want to be is happy in yourself, and try and be accepting of yourself, of what you are.
‘It took me a long time to be like that, and then the crash put me back again, and now it’s like finding myself or finding the person I want to be.’
In a Disney+ documentary about him that was released earlier in the year, he revealed the extent of his injuries, admitting he wished he had died at points in his recovery.
He has been open with fans (Picture: BBC One / Freddie Flintoff?s Field of Dreams On Tour) He had to have several surgeries on his face (Picture: Philip Brown/Popperfoto/Popperfoto via Getty Images)‘After the accident, I didn’t think I had it in me to get through. This sounds awful… part of me wishes I’d been killed. Part of me thinks, I wish I’d died.
‘I didn’t want to kill myself… I wouldn’t mistake the two things.
‘I was not wishing, I was just thinking, “this would have been so much easier”.
‘Now I try to take the attitude that the sun will come up tomorrow and my kids will still give me a hug. I’m probably in a better place now.’
He underwent an initial five-hour surgery after he suffered from injuries involving hard tissue and soft tissue, broken and lost teeth, and elements of his upper jaw bone being fractured and displaced.
After the incident took place, the BBC made the decision to ‘rest’ Top Gear. They also reached a financial settlement with Freddie, reportedly an agreement worth around £9million.
Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams: Ultimate Test will launch on BBC One and iPlayer on Sunday, September 7.
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