Chris Evans confirms Top Gear will have a FEMALE host with Jodie Kidd favourite - Daily Mail
Chris Evans today said that he would be joined on Top Gear by a female co-presenter after taking over as host of the hit BBC show from sacked Jeremy Clarkson. The radio DJ and TV presenter insisted he was '100 per cent' certain that one of his co-hosts would be a woman, with model Jodie Kidd installed as the bookmakers' favourite to take on the role. Evans, who categorically denied he would join Top Gear three months ago, said that he had ruled himself out of the job because he didn't want to upset the former presenters - before changing his mind when it was confirmed that they would not be... He suggested this morning that he had only agreed to host Top Gear - on a contract rumoured to be worth £5million - after being told that James May and Richard Hammond had decided to quit the motoring show last Wednesday. Radio 2 host Evans insisted on March 11 he would never take on the role, but last night he wrote on Twitter: 'First tweet as new Top Gear host. Evans today suggested that his co-hosts would be announced tomorrow, but warned that a 'shortlist' had not yet been drawn up. . Speaking on his radio show this morning, the DJ described how he was tapped up as Top Gear last week, and told... Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
