Top Gear host Freddie Flintoff admitted feeling numb while participating in a marathon charity bike ride from Athens to London.
During the trip, the former cricket ace was red-faced when he sought medical attention in his netherregions just three days into the mammoth journey.
Freddie, 42, said he lost all feeling in his penis and ended up seeing the doctor who was taking part in the journey alongside rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio.
Recalling the gut-wrenching moment in his new memoir Right Said Fred, the Preston-born chap said: “It [his penis] just suddenly went numb, as if I’d trapped it in a door.
“It was like a dead fish.”
Freddie admitted he sought medical attention after losing feeling in his penis (Image: Getty Images)
He went on to say: “I said to the medic, ‘Doc, I’m afraid you’re going to have to have a look at my old fella, I can’t feel it’.
“He took a look and was quite blasé, ‘Oh, that’s quite common in cyclists.'”
Flintoff was left “taken aback” by the medics abrupt response – detailing: “Apparently, it was to do with something called the penile nerve.”
The former cricket ace was suffering from damage to the penile nerve (Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Penile nerve damage is when there is a blockage of the nerve or the flow of blood to the penis.
Luckily for Freddie, he revealed that his manhood was back in working order just days after he returned to British soil.
“The old fella only started to resurrect itself about three days after I arrived in London,” he wrote.
Later in his book, in extracts obtained by The Sun, he goes on to admit that he isn’t the biggest fan of cycling gear.
Flintoff has previously spoken about his battle with bulimia which he says affects him every day (Image: Getty Images)
With the tight lycra leaving little to the imagination, Flintoff said: “I feel like I’m exposing myself. Nobody needs to see that.”
Freddie recently opened up to the nation about his battle with bulimia in a special hour-long documentary.
It’s estimated that around 1.5 million people in the UK are currently suffering from an eating disorder, with 25 per cent of that figure being men.
During the documentary, Freddie revealed that he “should get help,” as the condition affects him “every single day”.
He admitted: “It’s something I am acutely aware of when I look in the mirror when I eat my food when I try on my clothes, it’s something I don’t stop thinking about.”.
If you have been affected by anything in this story, or if you’re worried about your own or someone else’s health, you can contact Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, on 0808 801 0677 or beateatingdisorders.org.uk
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