New Top Gear's Bad Luck Continues As Chris Evans And Matt LeBlanc Have Fallen Out

After Matt LeBlanc caused outcry with his Cenotaph stunt, Chris Evans blamed him for the bad PR, causing their relationship to turn 'frosty'

Darren Cassey

Updated: 10 Oct 2024

We really want to give the BBC’s new Top Gear a chance, but it seems to be completely unable to avoid problems. There’s been the fact that Chris Evans is reportedly a nightmare on set, writers have quit, and members of the team were unable to get into Kazakhstan for a shoot - and that’s before we even talk about the Cenotaph stunt.

It’s the latter issue that’s at the centre of the latest problem for the BBC show, as The Sun is reporting that Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc have fallen out over the bad PR the show received following the incident. LeBlanc had jumped onboard Ken Block’s Hoonicorn for a drifty ride around London, but the pair got close to a war memorial, upsetting many Brits.

According to The Sun’s story, Evans has not forgiven LeBlanc for causing outrage, with a source claiming “their relationship’s deteriorated. Chris thinks Matt severely damaged the brand…Behind the scenes it’s very frosty between them.”

We get that the stress and pressure associated with following up one of the biggest television shows in the world must be immense, but come on, guys, pull your acts together. We want another awesome car show on the telly, so we’d rather you didn’t throw it all away over petty squabbles!

Comments

This isnt a Car show it has turned into some little drama show.

Guess there’s no way to beat a hammer fanatic, a Porsche man with bleached teeth and an old man who gets excited by Dacias.

This will ended up being a bombshell for the new TopGear

Was for once looking forward to the New Top Gear until this. I sincerely hope this is just just a PR stunt that went wrong because the presenters getting along are the bread and butter of the show.

I hope the show gets canceled since they replaced clarkson, may and hammond. You can’t replace the best

What’s that? It’s very “Frosty” between them?

Worst case I hope matt stays and Chris goes tbh

why don’t they just let chris and sabine do the show

I think its also marketing. I’m more worried about Sabine Schmitz. She even sounds silly in German and can’t make a decent car program in German, her first language, and yes, she has done a show in Germany which was awful… I really don’t mind having a woman on the program, I actually like it, but it shouldn’t be just anyone cause they can drive quickly and sort of speak english.