Bear Grills really f***ked me off the other night. I’m not a fan of his macho posturing. There he was raving on about the 40 foot drop beneath him as he was manoeuvring himself down a narrow ravine having fashioned a rudimentary pulley system from a discovered harness, and his own plucked eyelashes. I was watching with my husband, saying the same thing I always say, which is that Bear should spare a thought for the cameraman manoeuvring himself down right beside him, carrying 8kgs of equipment and without the benefit of being able to see where he’s going.
I’m assuming said camera man is being winched down by a someone from the 15 member crew following Bear, because the whole thing is as fake as a WWE title fight between the cast of The Hills and Jaoquin Phoenix’ rap career.
“It’s not important,” says my husband, “he’s showing us how to survive, he doesn’t actually have to spend the night hanging from a tree in an old fishing net covered in coyote pee so that nothing will eat him, he’s just showing us how to.”
Well if that’s the case, then why did he have to pluck a small lizard from a rock, twist it’s head off with his fingers, squeeze it’s guts out and it eat it? Couldn’t he just point the lizard out and let us know it would be a good idea IF YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE?
YOU ARE A COCK BEAR GRILLS, and a filthy faker, and here is a nice succinct youtube moment to prove it. He’s in Australia in the moment, so guard your children, lest he deem them a great source of protein on his pretendy travels.
Boooooooooooo to the Bear!
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wow. can i get a bit of vitriol!
completely understand though, i’ve never thought about it that way!
Ha! Bloody brilliant.
What a tool.
He’s really very Maguyver, isn’t he? I mean, I know that you can make a car battery with some oranges, pocket lint and some carefully knotted pubic hair (chosen for the durable yet soft-to-the-touch weft it produces), but… why?! I mean, obv Maguyver did it because he generally needed to escape from some kind of hairy situation (pun probably intended) but Bear Grills?
Meh.
Maguyver did it first, and managed to keep his hair perfect AND get the girl at the end of every episode. I remain, as usual, unimpressed.
miss u meshell. any chance youll ever come back to star 104.5
don’t care, he’s still hot
I think there is some fine print at the beginning of his shows somewhere which points out he has help and some situations aren’t real etc. I see your point but I think he’s really entertaining and interesting. Love his show! Plus he is a pretty accomplished and amazing person in real life too.
Have to disagree. Bear kicks ass. It’s one of the only decent shows on tv that doesn’t follow the trend of stupid cop shows or boring cooking.
I always think about his kids, how stoked would they be to know daddy died throwing himself down a large ravine with some rotting rope held together with coyote bone just to prove he could? Fucking idiot!
What is all this phoney business about?? The show has disclaimers at the start and it is for educational and entertainment value. My children build shelters and find food a la Bear Grylls. They know how to make a compass and so many other things from watching his show. This is of so much more value than learning how to be some smart ass Bart Simpson type. You need to take it for what it is and if you have a problem with a lizard i sure hope you are a vegetarian because have you seen how factory animals are farmed and slaughtered?? far more cruel than any lizard being killed quickly and humanely.If he made animals suffer i wouldn’t let my children watch. Its easy to call him phoney after all we have all climbed Everest and could totally do what he does right?? it’d be easy..we just have to get off the couch.
*contented sigh* God I love you Meshel.
Could not disagree more! I am ALL FOR BEAR and I love his show! It is entertaining and interesting! Everyone is aware that he has his film crew, help etc and he has highlight episodes that show this! He is not a fake – he makes it known that what he is doing is only for show and never claims to have done something that he hasn’t in-fact done or as you say that he has ‘faked’! The clip you have posted is only proof that he chooses to show you things for a reason, even when there is an easy way. Calling Bear a ‘Cock and a filthy fake’ is not only harsh but completely incorrect!
I say, if you cannot appreciate his show then just don’t watch!
Spot on Mel.
I think she’s had too much botox and some seeped into Meshels brain when she wrote this.
Pffft! I wish! I haven’t had botox in years. Look, I stated quite clearly that I was grumpy because he twisted the head off a lizard. I really like lizards and it hurt to watch. On a bit of a tangent, I had no idea there was so much love in the world for Bear. I mean, good for him, just please no more unnecessary killing please sir.
I’m trying to get my head around the logic of the unnecessary killing comment. If Bear sat down to a hamburger instead, is that killing acceptable? Or a piece of fish or lamb? its all a life whats the difference? If he killed the lizard and then DIDN”T eat it thats a different story. I think you can convey your sadness at the loss of life without resorting to insults or double standards.
Oh Jeez, I have been saying the EXACT same thing about the pointless ‘hunting’ Bear does on his show. I bet he washes the lizard guts down with a nice beer and re-hydrated roast!
Anyway, thank you for posting this. It is comforting to know I am not alone in my distain for Bear Grylles (or however you spell it!)…
Meshel, if you can get your hands on the ‘making of man vs wild’ episode, it might allay some of your doubts about him. he actually travels with only a 2-man crew and they go through just about everything he does, though admittedly sometimes with the help of ropes and safety harnesses. it’s a great behind-the-scenes look at how they make the show.