His popularity was not based on his personality or who he was as a human being. It was based on the status as ‘The Stig’. He blew it. He got greedy. I loved the trip to the US episode when Hammond shot target Stig in the back.
I know, I know...but still, May, Hammond and Clarkson made millions, why didn’t they let Stig get a little?
The guy taught SAS troopers evasive driving, by the way. He’s an interesting guy.
I was fooled when they had the fake “expose” that The Stig was really Michael Schumacher...I thought it was he for a couple of months, ‘til I was told it was a hoax!
See ya’,
Ed
P.S. A propos of nothing, Clarkson always puts down the US, calls England “free” as opposed to us, yet where in the UK could he have had access to guns like that sweet M4 he shot The Stig with?! And where in the UK could he criticize certain protected elements of the UK and not get sentenced or fined for saying those forbidden truths, unlike the US with our Bill of Rights?