Ray Mears has been axed as a speaker at a caravan event after insulting the vehicles on an episode of Room 101.
During the wildcard round on the show broadcast on January 17, Mears nominated caravans to be eliminated, prompting the Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show 2015 to remove him from its February event.
"We enlisted him as a credible ambassador because of his love of the great outdoors, something which our industry and community share," a statement read.
"Therefore we were disappointed to hear his comments on TV, which were made and pre-recorded before we entered into discussion with Ray's agent.
"We feel his agent should have made us aware of this pre-recording the moment we began communicating."
It continued: "Knowing that these comments would come to light and then agreeing to work with one of Europe's largest shows of its kind, with tens of thousands attending, we feel he has acted...
During the wildcard round on the show broadcast on January 17, Mears nominated caravans to be eliminated, prompting the Caravan, Camping & Motorhome Show 2015 to remove him from its February event.
"We enlisted him as a credible ambassador because of his love of the great outdoors, something which our industry and community share," a statement read.
"Therefore we were disappointed to hear his comments on TV, which were made and pre-recorded before we entered into discussion with Ray's agent.
"We feel his agent should have made us aware of this pre-recording the moment we began communicating."
It continued: "Knowing that these comments would come to light and then agreeing to work with one of Europe's largest shows of its kind, with tens of thousands attending, we feel he has acted...
- 1/22/2015
- Digital Spy
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