LOS ANGELES Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:42am EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bear Grylls , the British adventurer and legend of success show "Man vs. Wild", has been dismissed from your job simply by U.S. cable tv television multilevel Discovery Channel in a very contract dispute.
Grylls, 37, who was fell directly into aggressive areas to pull through by consuming insects, wading rapids as well as having his urine, features hosted the TV display since 2006, growing to be a new celebrity around the world.
But Discovery Channel reported upon Tuesday that "due into a moving forward contractual dispute with Bear Grylls , Discovery offers terminated many present productions by using him."
A spokesman intended for Grylls claimed this individual and also Discovery had been unable to attain agreement with brand-new programming and experienced parted ways.
"Bear's objective has become to help make life-empowering demonstrates intended for his / her numerous admirers about the globe, as well as he has used fantastic risks to provide Discovery like honour winning legitimate above seven seasons," reported Heather Krug, publicist to the desert expert.
"Unfortunately, Bear and Discovery haven't had the oppertunity in to the future that will mutual arrangement upon fresh programming, and they disagrees having Discovery's determination to terminate present-day productions. Bear has cherished the actual 'Man vs. Wild' journey and looks onward to producing further technologically advanced subject matter for a second time before long for his loyal audience."
The points from the contest ended up not yet determined but deal distribution The Hollywood Reporter quotes market options seeing that saying the idea revolved around a couple of unannounced initiatives that Grylls seemed to be contracted.
The sixth and most current season associated with "Man Vs. Wild" ended up being send out about Discovery within July and also August 2011. It shown just one episode through which Grylls had been joined up with within a online computer repair element with Iceland by actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
Other episodes have seen Grylls lowered by means of parachute into jungles plus deserts, survival to get times through consuming snakes, sleeping around compacted snow divots and also gift wrapping a urine-soaked t-shirt around their go to resist dehydration.
"Man vs. Wild", is transmit with Britain since "Born Survivor: Bear Grylls" in addition to established using some 200 international locations across the world.
Grylls climbed Mt Everest along at the get older involving 23 plus served pertaining to three years in Britain's elite Special Air Service, exercising within parachuting, new world combat in addition to fight survival.
He also has found popularity as a motivational presenter in addition to created numerous books, such as teenage fiction and also a best-selling autobiography.
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant ; Editing through Bob Tourtellotte )
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