Jack Whitehall reveals bulimia battle as he praises ‘brave' Freddie Flintoff on documentary
The funnyman makes the confession in the
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Jack Whitehall has revealed he suffered from bulimia at the start of his career
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Jack spoke on Freddie Flintoff's new documentary, after the pair became pals while working on A League of their Own
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Freddie's new documentary on Disney+ is out today
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Jack and the Ashes hero, 47, became pals when they started working together on Sky panel show A League of their Own, but they also had something deeper in common.
Talking in the show, which drops today, Jack, 36, said: "I was bulimic when I first started doing television, it's not something that I've ever really spoken about.
"But I remember that pressure of being on television.
"And it's not something that I've seen other men or people in the media talk about, until
Fred
came out and spoke about it.
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"I just remember thinking that was incredibly brave of him."
Jack made the
He recalled how they struck up a surprising friendship on A League of Their Own after host James Corden insisted the cricketer be on the panel.
Jack said: "I remember being quite intimidated - I was meeting Freddie Flintoff, who I looked up to alot as a kid, for the first time.
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"I was also like, he's this big burly northern bloke and I'm this rather effeminate flouncing boarding school boy, I'm probably not going to be his type of chap.
"So many people think of him as so strong and so alpha but he's definitely fragile.
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"To see how open and honest he's been about his struggles - like his bulimia."
Freddie made a documentary for the BBC called Freddie Flintoff: Living with Bulimia, in 2020.
He explained how his struggle with bulimia started in the early part of his international cricket career, when focus was put on his weight.
Freddie was even making himself sick when he was helping
England
to their first Ashes victory in 18 years in 2005.
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He said: "The first Test of that series, I was being sick.
"Everyone is talking about how well you're doing, and there's part of you that thinks, 'it's working, let's just crack on with it'."
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Freddie discusses his Top Gear accident and the scars he was left with in the new documentary
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Jack was full of praise for Freddie, who has been open about his own battle with bulimia in the past
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Flintoff is available on Disney+ from today.
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