Ant Middleton slams SAS: Who Dares Wins bosses after programme’s shock axing
ANT Middleton has slammed SAS: Who Dares Wins bosses, after the programme’s shock axing.
Recently, it was confirmed they were binning the treasured military training show, which launched in 2015.
And it comes two years after its famous chief instructor, Ant Middleton, 42, was dismissed for what was described as his “personal conduct.”
Ant has now taken to social media to slam the programme being cut, and said: “When you lose the Captain at the helm, you lose direction and you crash & sink! There's only one Captain...”
He also shared another tweet, simply writing: “Let that SINK in…” followed by a winking emoji.
Some of Ant’s fans jumped into the comments to say the show “wasn’t the same” after he left.
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One penned: “We all knew this would happen,” while another added: “I stopped watching after you left, shouty Americans and sob stories aren’t for me, switched to the Aussie version instead!”
A third echoed: “True story,” and a fourth added: “I knew SAS WDW was on borrowed time as soon as you left Ant. I never watched the show again after your final episode and I know alot of others felt the same way. CH4 destroyed that show themselves.”
After being axed from the show, Ant was replaced by actor and former US Marine, Rudy Reyes, 51.
Channel 4 managed to dodge the threat of privatisation earlier this year — but fears have now turned to advertising revenue.
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It is forecast to fall as much as 20 per cent for stations, and insiders believe C4 will find it harder to weather than others.
Concerns grew further last week when a reboot of C4 show Four Weddings was called off at the very last minute.
A TV insider said: “Losing such a big-name show is a disturbing sign for C4 as it faces an uncertain future in a market which will be difficult for even the biggest broadcasters and streaming services.
“Although the show’s celebrity spin-off will continue, losing the civilian version will be worrying given that it’s one of the channel’s best-known brands. The fear now is that it may be a sign of things to come.”