Fred stumped
CRICKET LEGEND OUT OF FASHION
OUR royals, politicians and celebrities had better brace themselves because there will be no festive cheer from the makers of Spitting Image.
The Britbox satirical puppet show is getting a special on ITV over the holidays and some very famous faces might want to hide behind their decorated trees.
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ANDREW “Freddie” Flintoff would like to think he is a cricketing legend after being heralded as an all-rounder.
But the ex-England star was brought down to earth when a young fan of one of the teams he famously played for didn’t even know who he was.
While filming BBC One’s Top Gear, he and co-stars Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris buy some cheap cars for a bunch of 17-year-old newly qualified drivers to try.
They take them on a road trip around the stunning Cornish coast.
Freddie thought he would have a great time as
SPITTING IMAGE WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS… the lad he shared his car with was a huge cricket fan.
And he was even more excited when the teen revealed he supported Chennai Super Kings – the Indian team who paid more than £1million to have him in 2009, making him the highest-ever-paid IPL player alongside compatriot Kevin Pietersen. But Freddie was left crestfallen and explained: “This young lad gets in and is talking about how he loves cricket and I thought I was on the same level as him.
“I said, ‘Who is your team?’ and he says, ‘Chennai Super Kings,’ and I went, ‘All right…’
“Then nothing.”
Paddy joked: “Freddie played for them! It was a lovely moment of like ‘That’s youth – who’s this fella?’
Freddie added: “I told him he couldn’t drive after that!”
● Top Gear airs on Sundays at 8pm on BBC One.