Si King has said it “wouldn’t be respectful” to continue The Hairy Bikers without his late co-star and friend Dave Myers . Myers, whose many shows with King fused their love of cooking and motorcycles, died aged 66 in March this year after he was diagnosed with cancer in May 2022 . In his first sit-down interview since Myers’ death, King spoke with restaurant critic Jay Rayner at his cottage just south of Newcastle.
In the interview, which was published in The Observer on Sunday (23 June), King opened up about the loss of his friend – and also the subject of what he will do next. The 57-year-old ruled out the possibility of continuing Hairy Bikers without Myers. “It can’t be the Hairy Bikers 2.
0,” he said. “That’s not going to happen. It wouldn’t be respectful.
” King went on to explain that he is not only mourning the death of his friend, but also the life and career that they shared together. “There’s obviously the sense of losing your best mate,” he said. “But there’s also a sense of loss in that the experiences we had together can’t go on.
” The TV personality said that he has only recently, three months after Myers’ death, been able to grapple with the question of what is next for him career-wise. He said: “It’s only in the past couple of weeks that I’ve started to think about what I want to do. I’ve spent all my life from very young thinking about what other people want and what their needs and aspirations are.
“So to be p.
