[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Knitting Nana

Regardless of what he says or what he's told to say, I still have to wonder why he has felt it necessary to exaggerate his accent to a comedic extent. Until recent years he had a perfectly natural geordie accent. It's a bit sad that he thought he had to do this.

Why on earth people are blaming him personally, is hilarious.

Given that he is paid to do this job, I suspect that he is doing what the producers are telling him to do - otherwise he'd not be doing it, neither would he be in a job.

They are happy with it, otherwise it wouldn't hit our tv screens. That's it in a nutshell.