'The American' Has Been Dropped By The Grand Tour
After we got our first – and excellent – trailer for the second series of The Grand Tour last week, we can bring you a second piece of news: The American will not be in it.
Mike Skinner, the NASCAR driver whose impossible task was to follow on from the silent Stig, who is officially the property of the BBC and couldn’t migrate to Amazon with the three stooges Clarkson, Hammond and May, has Tweeted that he won’t be involved in the new series.
FYI I won't be joining the guys on @thegrandtour 2nd season - I wish them all the luck. My character wasn't developed as I was told.
— Mike Skinner (@MSTheGunslinger) November 7, 2017
His was a divisive character right from the get-go, with a lot of people finding him either not funny, deeply awkward or out of balance with the rest of the show. In some cases, all three.
But Skinner himself says that his character ‘wasn’t developed the way he was told.’ Either way, it didn’t work for us, didn’t work for Americans who didn’t appreciate his stereotyping, and hasn’t worked out for the unfortunate Skinner.
It remains to be seen whether there’s going to be a fast lap section of the show at all, because the Eboladrome, the trio’s test track near Swindon, England, doesn’t feature in the show’s first trailer. We’ll have to wait and see.
Comments
Bring Ben Collins to The Grand Tour!
Damnit… I found him funny! Way better than the celebrity braincrash sh¡t.
Yeeee Hawwwww … Oh wait
i preffered the stig
he was badass and quiet
like a ninja
Yes he was a bit cheesy but this gives NASCAR an even worse name. As a huge NASCAR fan I find this kind of sad.
I actually found him very entertaining. I also don’t mind Mike Skinner. I remember watching him race in his NASCAR truck.
Cmon GT!
The Grand Tour needs a Stig!
Thank you, no offense to him but thank you.
Now they just need to drop celebrity brain crash