Freddie Flintoff revealed that his co-star Paddy McGuinness was a liability when filming for Total Wipeout.
The duo will be taking a look at some of the best bits from the show, in their very own version of the programme, titled Total Wipeout: Freddie And Paddy Takeover.
The Top Gear stars will be taking over from The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond and his co-host Amanda Byram who originally fronted the show eight years ago.
Speaking ahead of the series, Freddie told Metro.co.uk that ‘you know when Paddy’s going to go off on one’.
‘You know when Paddy’s gonna go and he gets the giggles, or he’s gonna start ranting and you just let him go,’ he began.
‘I think that comes with working together and knowing each other. And then, in that relationship, if one of us says something we always run with each other and go with it. That’s what you want.’
Freddie went on to add that he has a special ritual he does before filming – although his co-host wouldn’t know about it because he’s always late.
He continued: ‘Paddy never sees what I do before we start because he’s always late! So whatever I do, Paddy’s oblivious, and then Paddy waltzes in and then just starts as if we’ve got the call time wrong.
So there are no warm-ups, there’s no nothing, we’re just sat there waiting for Paddy and then he comes in and we start.’
Freddie and Paddy already host one show together, but was the former cricketer excited about doing another?
‘I’m never excited to work with Paddy,’ he added.
‘It’s interesting isn’t it, because the two of us are doing Top Gear now and we’ve so much fun on that and it’s so good to do. And then we got the chance to do Wipeout and for both of us, it was a no brainer.
‘We both know the show. It’s quite strange you’ve got one from Preston, one from Bolton doing all these shows now – long may it continue!’
Total Wipeout: Freddie And Paddy Takeover will air on Saturday night at 7.10pm on BBC One.
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