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This is what Matt Le Blanc is reportedly being paid to present Top Gear
Published 23:00 4 Feb 2016 GMT
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If we got the chance to present Top Gear we'd do it for free.
Mucking about, driving fast cars and travelling the world - you wouldn't even have to pay us. But despite it being the dream job, a man's gotta eat. New presenter Matt le Blanc, who will host the show alongside DJ Chris Evans, is expected to pick up a generous pay packet for his work. The Mirror report that the former Friends star could be on £500,000 to co-host the BBC's flagship motoring show after Jeremy Clarkson was sacked and James May and Richard Hammond defected with him to front a new Amazon Prime show. It's around half of what Chris Evans is believed to be on - with the former getting £3m out of a three year contract with Top Gear. Clarkson will be p*ssing himself laughing at the lot of them though. He is reportedly on £800,000 PER EPISODE at Amazon after the internet giant pumped £160m into making 36 episodes. This ridiculous £10m-a-year pay cheque is around 10 times what he was on at the BBC. Our eyes are watering.Explore more on these topics:
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