Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff returns to television screens on Tuesday, July 5 as he hosts Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams. The prime-time BBC series sees the former Lancashire and England cricketer and current Top Gear co-host aiming to prove that anyone can play the sport, whatever their background.
But while Freddie has had a remarkable sporting career he's also faced his own demons, including bulimia, and during an interview with Lorraine Kelly recently, Freddie briefly talked about his mental health. He told Lorraine: "I spoke about depression 10 years ago and when I was doing it, I was really nervous about it." He emphasised he's now comfortable about talking about mental health and called it "a part of [him] but not something that defines [him]".
In 2017, during an interview with GQ Magazine, Freddie said: “I feel as easy talking about the weather as I do about mental heath.” He added that his he "doesn’t know" when he had his first outburst of depression but it was something that he experienced "well before [he] retired”.
