Matt LeBlanc Is Allegedly Threatening To Quit Top Gear If Chris Evans Doesn't Go First
With Top Gear nearing the end of its first series under the stewardship of Chris Evans, there’s yet another newspaper report claiming to know of trouble behind the scenes. According to The Sun, co-star Matt LeBlanc isn’t happy with the way in which Evans is treating the Top Gear team.
“The team does not gel at all, and the atmosphere between the presenters is decidedly frosty,” The Sun quotes its unnamed ‘show source’ as saying, adding: “Matt has already indicated that he won’t continue on any further series if Chris remains a part of it. And he is far from the only one who isn’t happy.”
The source also claims that Evans is “jealous” of the superior critical reception of co-stars Chris Harris and Rory Reid and “doesn’t encourage them in any way.”
Of course, The Sun isn’t known for being a bastion of accuracy or impartial reporting, so all of this could turn out to be utter nonsense. Indeed, many newspapers also reported on Evans taking a smaller role to allow more screen time for the better received Harris and Reid, something we know to be complete BS as the pair appearing in each of the final four episodes was always part of the plan - the segments are filmed months in advance and Reid told us as much in an interview weeks ago.
Tabloid reports of trouble behind the scenes aside, it’s not all bad news for the show. Episode five had a good mix of interesting features - Reid’s Jaguar F-Type SVR piece was a highlight - and after a decline in overnight audience figures for every episode, ratings have started to go back up for the first time. The show had fallen from 4.4 to 2.3 million viewers from the first episode to the fourth, but episode five netted 2.7 million.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The BBC should have a referendum
CHREXIT
You should have an award for that comment
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Maybe Chris will punch someone in the face and Matt’s dreams will come true
a punch a day keeps the producer away
maybe Matt just needs some ear protection ;)
We could always put a Disklok on one of the stars’ cars and stop them making it to the studio.
Vote now!
#cheekydislok
hahaha, get Chris Evans for sure xD
#cheekydisklok
D..ddislock is that you? You have been gone for too long
Marketing done right
Chris is so high-strung and Matt is just so chill and relaxed, no wonder they don’t get on well….
I wanted to like Chris so badly but he was the kid everybody bullied in school so now he’s a little sour. Matt was the bully and he’s learned from his ways and is now zen AF.
More Matt less Chris
Agree 100%. I tried really hard to give new TG a chance but I couldn’t. Chris is too loud and Matt is chilled to the point it’s boring and monotonous and I don’t want to sound like a Harris-fanboy but I honestly think he and Reid need more influence and airtime on the show
“The source also claims that Evans is “jealous” of the superior critical reception of co-stars Chris Evans and Rory Reid and “doesn’t encourage them in any way”
You mean Harris or is Evans even jealous of himself?
Nice catch.
MattRobinson
It´s Simple really.
Matt punches evans, Harris punches Sabine, and Rory Punches Eddie.
The three are sacked, stays the other awfull 3, the ratings go low as hell, and in the end BBC decides to cancel the show badly.
And then, all gone is the baddie.
In the end, BBC recruit the other 3 seriously.
To make TG good, and not as bad like to die.
#fireevans
According to the Sun
Comment of the millenium
Sadly Mythbusters is also dead. One of my fav science shows.