Hammond was at all times eager on getting again to work after accident, whereas Freddie is not, says former host
Virtually a yr after Freddie Flintoff’s crash on the present’s check monitor, Jeremy Clarkson has lastly spoken out in response to the information that Prime Gear is not going to be airing on tv going ahead.
In December 2022, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was airlifted after being concerned in a devastating crash leading to damaged ribs and extreme facial accidents after his automobile flipped over throughout a check drive on the present on the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome.
Earlier this month, the BBC, citing “distinctive circumstances”, introduced its determination to axe the present for the “foreseeable” future.
Talking on the BCC’s determination to axe the present “indefinitely” following Flintoff’s crash, Clarkson credited fellow host Richard Hammond for being “at all times eager to get again to work,” as the rationale behind the present was by no means off-aired when the duo together with James Might had been the hosts, whereas Flinoff, he continued, is not keen to come back again to work, reported Specific.co.uk quoting his column for The Solar.
He additionally acknowledged that changing Flintoff would make the brand new host a “heartless” particular person saying, “Positive, the producers might attempt to discover a substitute. However would you need that gig? Actually?”
The previous Prime Gear present additionally took a veiled jibe, saying that the brand new presenter would basically be working for an organisation that likes “cycle lanes” and on a present that is “written and produced each week by a newly invigorated and omnipotent well being and security division.
Recalling the times when the trio used to host the famed programme, Clarkson poked enjoyable at Hammond — who was concerned in a number of accidents on the present through the years — saying that always a name needed to be made concerning him being “airlifted” after one other accident.