Seriously, Chrexit?
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In post-referendum Britain, it seems ‘exit’ has become our go-to suffix for just about anything remotely related to something leaving something else. We’re hearing about: ‘Brexit’, ‘Frexit’, ‘Dexit’, ‘Grexit’, ‘Itexit’, ‘Brexit’ again, ‘Spexit’ and ‘Nexit’.
And now we’ve got ‘Chrexit’
Hang on…
https://twitter.com/Bonostaff/status/747142744196419585?lang=en-gb
That’s right, ‘Chrexit’ is a growing movement on Twitter to try and overthrow Chris Evans as the lead presenter of Top Gear. After pulling in around six million viewers for the first episode of series 23, by episode five, figures plummeted to around 2.89 million (overnight figures). To put that into perspective, that’s less than The Great British Sewing Bee and around two million fewer than Countryfile.
Now, with Top Gear USA having been axed and Matt Le Blanc reportedly threatening to quit if Chris Evans doesn’t leave first, things have gone from bad to worse for Evans. Whilst the future of the show hangs in the balance, and the headlines are dominated by feuds between both lead presenters, I would like to pay homage to the unsung heroes of Top Gear – Eddie Jordan, Rory Reid and Chris Harris. Jordan’s old-man antics go a long way to plugging the gap left behind by James May, and his lovable happy-go-lucky attitude really lights up the screen. Reid and Harris, on the other hand, seemed like unlikely choices when the new presenting team was announced, especially since the extent of their fame could only be measured by their number of YouTube subscribers. It’s clear that Reid and Harris are much more car-focused than Hammond, May and Clarkson ever were, and whilst it could therefore be argued that they’d be better suited to presenting Fifth Gear, it’s obvious when watching their reviews that both of them simply do love cars, and that is the very essence of Top Gear.
I suppose we’ll wait and see what happens.
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