Top Gear 2017: Matt LeBlanc forced to deny 'eating horse penis' in new series

Chris Harris, Matt LeBLanc and Rory Reid are the new faces of Top Gear following Chris Evans' resignation
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Tom Powell22 February 2017
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Top Gear host Matt LeBlanc has been forced to deny eating horse penis with his co-presenters on the motoring show’s new series.

The former Friends star spoke out about the rumours for the first time to insist "nothing below the belt" was consumed.

He said: "Neither one of us ate a horse penis, just for the record."

However, LeBlanc, who will return to host the popular BBC Two show alongside Chris Harris and Rory Reid, revealed that they did eat a sheep's ear while in Kazakhstan.

LeBlanc said he and Harris tucked into the local delicacy but fellow presenter Reid "sensibly didn't", because "he didn't want to be violently ill".

Harris explained: "I made a joke around the fact that some of it may well have been (horse penis) as some of it looked like it.

"We hacked away at a sheep's head that had been cooked I think three weeks earlier and had for some reason been covered in pastry. Matt asked a local gentleman what the best bit of it was to eat and he signalled to the ear.

"It was just about on the turn. It wasn't fully off, but you know when it's just starting to tingle a bit, so we had a go at that and then the tribal chief was very impressed about 10 minutes later when he heard me being sick outside."

The trio will also visit Cuba, Montenegro, Monte Carlo and Germany when the series returns in March.

The first trailer was released earlier in February and featured an array of supercars and extraordinary vehicles, from the Aston Martin DB11 to the Ferrari FXX K, to the Russian eight-wheeled Avtoros Shaman.

Car enthusiasts will also get to see the team try a car valued at £2 million, and a 'mode of transport' tested that is valued at £4.5 million, although no details as to what these are have been revealed.

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