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Ah, The Sun! For a heck of a long time now, The Sun is credited as being the UK’s leading newspaper in terms of circulation, selling more than 1.7 million issues each day. The thing with this British tabloid, however, is that it’s been involved in many controversies throughout its entire existence.
The following is one of those controversies. In an article titled “Get Chris Evans off Top Gear or I’m out, warns Friends star LeBlanc,” Laura Armstrong of The Sun suggests that Matt is walking on a thin line.
“Sources on the crisis-hit programme say Matt has grown increasingly frustrated with his co-star’s rudeness and frosty attitude towards the team,” reveals the Sunday issue of The Sun. Somehow, I’m not that surprised.
Chris Evans is a gearhead with an appetite to collect cars. However, he never was fit to walk in the shoes of Jeremy Clarkson. Even though he tried to reinvent BBC Top Gear after the departure of Clarkson and his company, the English radio star doesn’t feel that comfortable on the small screen. He was great on TFI Friday and The Big Breakfast, but Top Gear is out of his league and out of his comfort zone.
Matt LeBlanc is similarly passionate about all things on four wheels, plus things with two wheels. The thing with Matt, however, is that he’s not a natural. In every episode of Top Gear Season 23, LeBlanc appears as if he reads his line with due diligence, like the professional actor and Hollywood star he is. But then again, this is Top Gear and talking the talk doesn’t matter at all if he can’t also walk the walk.
This is not the first time rumors about a schism have circulated about the jagged-edged relationship between Evans and LeBlanc. My opinion is that both Chris and Matt will get better at presenting Top Gear if we give them time to get better. I sure wish to see them both continue for the following season, but then again, I have to make a confession: I find Rory Reid and Chris Harris to be more fit to lead the car show.
“Sources on the crisis-hit programme say Matt has grown increasingly frustrated with his co-star’s rudeness and frosty attitude towards the team,” reveals the Sunday issue of The Sun. Somehow, I’m not that surprised.
Chris Evans is a gearhead with an appetite to collect cars. However, he never was fit to walk in the shoes of Jeremy Clarkson. Even though he tried to reinvent BBC Top Gear after the departure of Clarkson and his company, the English radio star doesn’t feel that comfortable on the small screen. He was great on TFI Friday and The Big Breakfast, but Top Gear is out of his league and out of his comfort zone.
Matt LeBlanc is similarly passionate about all things on four wheels, plus things with two wheels. The thing with Matt, however, is that he’s not a natural. In every episode of Top Gear Season 23, LeBlanc appears as if he reads his line with due diligence, like the professional actor and Hollywood star he is. But then again, this is Top Gear and talking the talk doesn’t matter at all if he can’t also walk the walk.
This is not the first time rumors about a schism have circulated about the jagged-edged relationship between Evans and LeBlanc. My opinion is that both Chris and Matt will get better at presenting Top Gear if we give them time to get better. I sure wish to see them both continue for the following season, but then again, I have to make a confession: I find Rory Reid and Chris Harris to be more fit to lead the car show.
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