Its a bit sad really seen as he is a nice bloke and rather enjoyable to watch on top gear however Telecom New Zealand has done their best to make him as annoying as possible. They have made him the front man for advertising a new cellphone network and These ads are incredibly annoying and make even less sense than this post. They are played constantly which makes it worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YtEV8uG1ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c3ybhEluvY

Maybe he got a bigger knock on the head than first thought.

He wants money, he wants fame. Its very clear to us all - anyways, i dont see anything bad against it.

Maybes his being paid money stacks as taller then him imagine.

Argh! first time I saw this ad on tv I was like What the Hell. seriously In the words of clarkson to hammond "you used too be so cool"

i hate him too on these ads, but i like him in top gear. im glad these arent shown in finland...or i hope so

Sooo...you hate someone because they choose to make a little extra money?


Not the brightest spark, are you?

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Sooo...you hate someone because they choose to make a little extra money?


Not the brightest spark, are you?

no apparently your not seen as i never mentioned money anywhere.

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no apparently your not seen as i never mentioned money anywhere.

Okay, okay.



You're not a bright spark.
You're a blown bulb.

aww thanks your such a sweetie klutch

Quote from Klutch :

Sooo...you hate someone because they choose to make a little extra money?


Not the brightest spark, are you?

im glad he makes money, but in those ads he just seems so annoying

Making money through being annoying is never a good thing, Jade Goody made money through being annoying, you don't want to be in her league.

Having watched the adverts, I can't say they're particularly annoying. But then, we're constantly bombarded with Heidi Klum in McDonalds commercials :P

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Maybes his being paid money stacks as taller then him imagine.

Not really an achievement, now is it?

Meh.. if that's your idea of annoying advertising, you've been living in a bubble.

It seems to be a mix of Top Gear camera work and Brainiac-inspired marketing.

I think you'd have grounds for complaint, if you have any laws over there about advertising, because I don't think the "tests" are genuine. Can't do that over here.

That's not an annoying ad at all... You must have it easy over there

he's only trying to earn a living and anyway why complain, and you should have seen the Le Mans on Eurosport this weekend, the exact same adverts in every single ad break, that was stupidly annoying

He's test driven Planes?

I thought that ad was rather cool

Nothing wrong with those ads - except the way he stands. He has this wierd stance, that I really dislike.

hmmm..... black race suit with a black helmet..... now who does that remind me of?

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hmmm..... black race suit with a black helmet..... now who does that remind me of?

God, that looks so stupid and awful.. can't believe he subscribed himself to this sh*t.

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God, that looks so stupid and awful.. can't believe he subscribed himself to this sh*t.

as has been said before, he needs to earn a living to put food on the table just like anyone and tbh he wont be that bad off from working for BBC and Top Gear but maybe he wants to give his kids a stable future

he has newspaper articles and appearances at venues ( special guest fees )


fair play to him - cant knock the hustle, if it just so happens that a silly ad campaign pays well, you'd even do it.