Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has been playing the joker once again. His latest victims? Professor Brian Cox and astronaut Tim Peake.
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The former cricketer appeared on Loose Women and talked about his secret love of conspiracy theories – also revealing that his interest got him into hot water while backstage at the Pride of Britain Awards with Paddy McGuinness.
"I don't think the Earth is flat, don't get me wrong," said Freddie, joking that the Earth is more "turnip shaped".
"But I bumped into Tim Peake the astronaut and Brian Cox. I said, 'Watch this Paddy.' I went over and I said, 'Come on lads, it's flat isn't it?'"
Much to the joy of the audience, Freddie shared the Peake and Cox's reaction. "He looked at me as if I was a complete muppet," Freddie laughed. "Brian Cox just looked at me like, 'What?'
"And Tim Peake was giving me a smile as if to say, 'Keep walking, son.'"
Stacey Solomon then asked Freddie: "You don't believe people landed on the moon, do you?"
"Not really," he replied.
When asked why he's so fascinated by conspiracies, Freddie said: "I think it's anything people tell you, I've always challenged.
"Whether it was coaches when I was playing cricket, I used to challenge them, if I've not seen it or experienced it with my own eyes, it doesn't necessarily have to have happened."
"If I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I don't believe it."
Perhaps he will put some theories to the test as the new presenter of Top Gear.
Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV at 12.30pm.
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