Freddie Flintoff has recalled the time when he was not allowed to meet Justin Bieber… because he was too tall!
The England cricket legend once had ‘meet and greet’ tickets to a Bieber concert with his children eager to get a picture with the pop star.
And talkSPORT co-host Flintoff could not believe the briefing that was given to fans waiting to meet one of the world’s biggest music artists, who has sold more than 150 million records.
He told Sports Breakfast: “There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure. I’ve been to see Bieber live, I’ve seen Little Mix live.
“We went to see Bieber a few years ago and we managed to get a meet and greet. So in this meet and greet, we were in a queue of people and then we got briefed!
“This American fella comes out and says, ‘okay, when you see Justin, you don’t go near him, you don’t touch him, you don’t look at him in the eye’.
“So I said, ‘hang on a minute mate, I’ve met The Queen, I’ve got an MBE – this is Justin Bieber!’”
And when Flintoff’s kids finally met Bieber, the 42-year-old did not get the same luxury due to his height.
The 6ft 4ins former all-rounder said: “We got to the front of the queue, the kids got a photograph.
“I took one step forward and I got the arm holding me back. This fella turned around and said, ‘he don’t like big guys!’
“I didn’t meet him. I was there watching my kids have a photograph with him. It was the weirdest thing. He doesn’t like big guys!”