Freddie Flintoff has given an insight into Jamie Redknapp’s bachelor lifestyle following his split from wife Louise, joking his house had more visitors than Graceland.
The former England cricket captain, 44, made the gag during an episode in new Sky One series A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle to Dover, which saw the two team captains train how to become Elvis Presley impersonators.
After being told by teacher and professional Elvis tribute artist Dean Z that the King’s former home Graceland was one of the world’s most visited houses, Freddie quipped: ‘You didn’t see Jamie’s when he was single.’
Banter: Freddie Flintoff has given an insight into Jamie Redknapp’s bachelor lifestyle following his split from wife Louise, joking his house had more visitors than Graceland (Jamie pictured with wife Frida Anderson)
The pair, along with boxer Tony Bellew and comedian Maisie Adams, later performed during a segment on Elvis Tribute Artist World Tour at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, with Jamie wearing a skin-tight white jumpsuit and black wig.
In a backstage scene, Jamie is seen stuffing a pair of socks down his trousers handed to him by Tony, who says: ‘You need to make that goldfish grow.’
Onlooking Maisie commented: ‘Jamie, it’s meant to look like a penis, not a hernia.’
Sky Sports pundit Jamie, 48, split from Louise in 2017 after 19 years of marriage.
He’s now married to model Frida Anderson, 37, after tying the knot during an intimate ceremony at Chelsea Registry Office in London last October while the Swede was pregnant with their son, Raphael, who was born the following month.
Boys will be boys: Freddie claimed Jamie’s house had more visitors than Graceland following his split from Louise (pictured) during an episode of A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle to Dover
In the wake of his break up from Louise, which occurred weeks after her stint on Strictly Come Dancing, Jamie enjoyed plenty of nights out with former A League of Their Own co-star Jack Whitehall, who was also single at the time.
The funnyman, 33, has since settled down with model Roxy Horner, 30.
The former Liverpool and Spurs midfielder started dating Frida, who has four children from her marriage to US hedge fund tycoon Jonathan Lourie, in August 2020 after being introduced by mutual friend.
Jamie has rarely discussed his divorce from Louise, 47, other than saying ‘she does a great job’ with their two boys Charley, 17, and Beau, 13, who they continue to co-parent.
All shook up: As well as mercilessly teasing Jamie about his former antics as a single man, Freddie, boxer Tony Bellew, and comedian Maisie Adam (pictured) joined the TV pundit in dressing up as Elvis for the Sky One show
‘Elvis has entered the building’: Jamie shared an image of himself dressed as the King to his Instagram back in October, as filming for A League of Their Own took place
However, Louise has been more vocal, revealing in her 2021 autobiography You’ve Got This that the former couple’s life was far from perfect during their marriage.
She wrote: For a long time, I ticked all the boxes of being the ‘picture-perfect’ wife. The truth? For a lot of that time, I actually felt lonely, anxious and unimportant.’
Louise added: ‘Looking back, I wish I’d sat down and really tried to explain how much I was struggling, how unimportant I felt in our lives together and how depressed this made me feel.’
Their 2017 split came as a surprise not only to the public, but also their own family members.
Speaking to The Sun in December 2018, Jamie’s dad Harry, 75, said: ‘It was very difficult for us, it was a choker. We love Louise as well, it was a big blow to all of us.’
Revealing: Father-of-three Jamie joked the skin-tight white jumpsuit had ‘entered somewhere else’ after stuffing socks down his trousers to make ‘that goldfish grow’
