Top Gear returned to television on Sunday night for its second season since Jeremy Clarkson and co. famously departed the show, and fans seem to be enjoying Matt LeBlanc stepping into the driver’s seat following Chris Evans’ departure. The BBC Two motoring show hit the screens on Sunday night with former Friends star Matt LeBlanc in the driving seat and Chris Harris and Rory Reid joining him as co-hosts, following the departure of Chris Evans.
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Matt LeBlanc calls Top Gear’s new line-up a ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of skill sets
Top Gear’s Matt LeBlanc has described the new presenting line-up as a “Swiss Army Knife” with each of them having “a certain skill set”. The former Friends star is back to host the BBC Two show, which returns this Sunday, with Chris Harris and Rory Reid as his co-presenters.
Kazakhstan ‘brought Top Gear presenters together nicely’
New Top Gear presenter Rory Reid has said filming the first episode of the series in Kazakhstan was a highlight because it “brought us all together really nicely”. Motoring journalist Rory, 37, last year won the public vote to star in Top Gear, but has returned this year as a co-host alongside Chris Harris and Friends star Matt LeBlanc.
Matt LeBlanc defies abuse from ‘armchair quarterbacks’ over Top Gear
Matt LeBlanc has said he faced his share of criticism from “armchair quarterbacks” when he stepped behind the wheel of Top Gear but that he just wanted to take the show forwards. The former Friends star took over the BBC Two motoring programme alongside Chris Evans after the departure of hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. He told Radio Times: “I read some things on social media like: ‘Go home Yank’, ‘You Suck’, ‘Eff you’, ‘Eff this’, ‘Eff that’.