The Discovery Channel says they had to call an end to working with him because of some dispute about his contract. It can't have been the rider, what would he need to make him feel comfortable before the show? A bucket of sand and some roadkill?
A spokesperson said: "Due to a continuing contractual dispute with Bear Grylls, Discovery has terminated all current productions with him."
That's a shame because I like Bear Grylls. Well, I like the idea of some youth sitting there watching Bear Grylls saying, "But there ain't even that many Grylls!"
Sources say that Grylls has been unwilling to participate in two upcoming projects, in violation of his contract.
So, because he refused to work on those two projects they cancelled his contract and refused to work with him on those projects... that he didn't want to do. It's hardly a punishment. Then again if a former SAS man, who is famous for eating things he's just killed with his bare hands, says he doesn't want to do what you just asked him to, you'd probably not kick up too much of a fuss.
Sadly it means they won't make another series of his current show where he has made his way through some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. But once you've been to Liverpool once, you've seen it all.
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