ONLY Fools and Horses star Sir David Jason has told of his regret at drifting apart from co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst.
The pair played brothers Del Boy and Rodney in the classic BBC sitcom.
But Sir David, 82, revealed his old pal Lyndhurst, 61, whose teen son died two years ago, has rarely been in touch recently.
He told the Radio Times: “He’s much more, how can I say, self-contained, perhaps, than he used to be. So, unfortunately, we don’t see each other as much as I would like to. But that’s how things work out sometimes.”
Talking of how close the Only Fools and Horses cast were Sir David added: “I miss it terribly. It wasn’t like going to work; it was going to have fun with your mates. We loved each other.”
He was quick to offer support to Lyndhurst and his wife Lucy after their actor son Archie, 19, died in his sleep in 2020 from a brain haemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Lyndhurst has previously told how he finds it hard to watch Only Fools and Horses re-runs following the deaths of co-stars including Roger Lloyd-Pack, who played Trigger.
He said: “I don’t want to see friends who are no longer with us on screen.
“We used to surprise them on their birthdays . . . wind them up. We used to tease each other. It was a family.”
