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Freddie Flintoff abandoned his 'wild lad' persona after wife Rachael's 'b**ching'

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Tony Blair's office and told to "f*** off" when he was "Freddied". However, in an unearthed interview, the cricket ace confirmed his party days are in the past thanks to his family.The sportsman puts part of his transformation down to wife Rachael, who is "always there" to take care of him.The cricketer turned sports presenter explained: "I'm not that wild lad anymore.""[My wife] would give me a b**ching and I would listen...now I'm a dad and a husband," he said to OK!

magazine.Rachael previously worked as a model and events management entrepreneur, and originally met Freddie while at a Birmingham cricket ground promoting one of her events.Soon after the couple got married, she scaled down her career and devoted her life to her family, including the four children she shares with Freddie.Family life proved to be a positive influence on Freddie, as he revealed on the First Time Dads podcast.A year after his first child was born, daughter Hollie, he was part of a record-breaking defeat of Australia in the 2005 Ashes match."My career at the time, I started doing really well," he enthused."Everyone said that couldn't happen, but it put everything into perspective.

I actually got better."Being a first-time father had helped Freddie to manage his penchant for alcohol, because the former "competitive drinker" was less focused on nights out on the town, which saw his performance on the pitch improve as a result."I started scoring a lot of runs because I wasn't bothered about getting out," he explained.The former I'm A Celebrity...

Get Me Out Of Here! contestant has previously spoken about battling bulimia in his earlier years, and revealed he would frequently pop to the toilet to intentionally throw up if he'd thought he'd.

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