# "New" Top Gear host quits!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704 "2016-07-12T02:59:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704/1 "2016-07-12T02:59:48Z")

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Chris Evans, the replacement host for Brit TV Automotive Magazine _Top Gear_ , leaves the show due to low ratings and sexual assault charges.  
[http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/20160704\_Reuters\_tagreuterscom2016newsmlMT1VRT1201808325\_\_Top\_Gear\_\_Host\_Chris\_Evans\_Steps\_Down\_Amid\_Low\_Ratings\_\_Sexual\_Assault\_Investigation.html](http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/20160704_Reuters_tagreuterscom2016newsmlMT1VRT1201808325 __Top_Gear__ Host_Chris_Evans_Steps_Down_Amid_Low_Ratings__Sexual_Assault_Investigation.html)

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### Author: ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704/2 "2016-07-12T03:12:34Z")

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Not sure about the ratings or sexual assault charges, but man, he was the most annoying of the new doofus crew. I’m glad to see him go.

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### Author: ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704/3 "2016-07-12T03:16:56Z")

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I thought it was because Joey didn’t get along with him.

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### Author: ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704/4 "2016-07-12T08:06:21Z")

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> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#):
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> I thought it was because Joey didn’t get along with him.

If he has a habit of flashing his dick at women he likes, I think that’s fair to not like him.

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### Author: ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704/5 "2016-07-12T13:40:18Z")

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[Existing thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=783793), with discussion of his resignation [starting here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19453002#post19453002).

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### Author: ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704/6 "2016-07-12T13:43:49Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> If he has a habit of flashing his dick at women he likes, I think that’s fair to not like him.

And here I thought that the whole point of driving around in fast, flashy cars was that it was a socially-accepted alternative to showing your penis.