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Matt or Evans must go

posted 8 years ago by hardly-replies
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Just saw that Matt will not have anything to do with future episodes if Chris Evans isn't fired. Any truth to this? That's not very........."friendly"........see what I did there?.......comedy.......

[–] I_Guard_Tanelorn 8 years ago

Sounds true. Such things don't typically manifest out of thin air. They're usually intentionally leaked through discreet sources to crate a stir without actually making a statement. The art of fighting without fighting.

"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"

[–] seanmcdonald123 8 years ago

I thinks it's more of a matter of time to be honest before one of them goes. I really hope it's Chris who gets the cut.

[–] SinisterCreep 8 years ago

That's not very nice if true. as much as Evans annoys me at times that won't do Le Blanc any favours if he's said that. Especially as Le Blanc is more like Le Bland.

Walking on water is like finding a non fake female profile on a dating site...a miracle!

[–] jpercy-200-519474 8 years ago

The bbc have too much invested in Evans these days so he won't be going anywhere, looks like Matt won't be back next year then!

[–] TheProjectionista 8 years ago

The Sun seems to be the source of the rumour but several other media outlets have picked up on it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/26/matt-leblanc-is-planning-to-quit-top-gear-if-co-host-chris-evans/

[–] glitterfox 8 years ago

Pity that need to rid themselves of that smug git Evans.

[–] sirmonkey1985 8 years ago

thankfully he's gone now.. the dude didn't belong on the show, he was obnoxious as hell and the guy even got car sick sitting in a passenger seat. i might actually give the show another season now that he's gone.

there were a lot of other things going on though in the background of the show with Evans not getting along with the other hosts and staff on the show and now all of a sudden some woman brings up some bogus sexual assault crap from the 90's against him.

next that needs to go is Eddie Jordan.

[–] mhansen-25806 8 years ago

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/04/media/chris-evans-top-gear-bbc/index.html

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra

[–] pearshaped 8 years ago

I tried watching the first episode and didn't like it, barely paid attention when I was watching the 2nd episode and because it was still really bad I was doing internetty things at the same time.

Haven't watched the past two episodes and won't watch any more until that red headed stepchild is given his marching orders.

[–] SinisterCreep 8 years ago

I find it hard to believe Le Blanc would say that. wasn't it Evans who wanted Le Blanc on the show as they wanted a bigger name star?

Walking on water is like finding a non fake female profile on a dating site...a miracle!

[–] TheProjectionista 8 years ago

Nope. It was Lisa Clark, the producer who quit early on because of Evans.

Evans apparently said

"He's old hat, what do we want him for?"

in response to her suggestion.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12175789/Top-Gear-producer-quit-show-over-Chris-Evans-tyrannical-behaviour-sources-claim.html

[–] hardly-replies 8 years ago

Well well well. We call it July 4th. You call it Treason Day. Either way, we should all celebrate.