{"id":101978,"date":"2025-05-14T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/101978\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T23:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:01:17","slug":"michael-mcintyre-fumes-and-protests-as-195000-car-towed-away-from-london-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/101978\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael McIntyre fumes and ‘protests’ as \u00a3195,000 car towed away from London street"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comedian Michael McIntyre appeared visibly fuming as his luxury \u00a3195,000 Mercedes-AMG GT R was towed away in Kensington, London on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old was photographed having an animated discussion with an official wearing a yellow hi-vis jacket as his high-end vehicle was hoisted onto the back of a lorry with its wheels clamped.<\/p>\n

Despite his typically jovial on-screen persona, the funnyman looked distinctly unimpressed during the unfortunate incident on High Street Kensington.<\/p>\n

Pictured in the MailOnline, McIntyre was dressed smartly in a navy suit and pink shirt, sporting his signature square glasses as construction workers looked on.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Michael McIntyre seemed far less jovial than usual as his car was towed away<\/p>\n

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The tow truck removed his expensive sports car from Derry Street, where it had reportedly been parked in a bay reserved for police cars.<\/p>\n

According to an onlooker who spoke to The Sun, McIntyre attempted to resolve the situation on the spot.<\/p>\n

“He was protesting and trying to pay the two tow truck operators not to take his Mercedes away but they weren’t having it,” the witness said.<\/p>\n

The comedian reportedly offered to pay the charge immediately, but his vehicle was still removed.<\/p>\n

“You could tell he was frustrated but kept himself calm. He was trying to see if he could go with them to the impound,” the onlooker added.<\/p>\n

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\"Michael<\/p>\n

McIntyre’s car was understood to have been parked in a bay reserved for police cars<\/p>\n

The parking bay was apparently temporarily restricted due to a nearby building site.<\/p>\n

Another witness told the publication that McIntyre seemed to “laugh it off” when they commented on his misfortune, responding with “oh well”.<\/p>\n

McIntyre’s Mercedes-AMG GT R is a high-performance vehicle that retails for between \u00a3155,000 and \u00a3195,000.<\/p>\n

The luxury sports car boasts a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine capable of producing 585 horsepower.<\/p>\n

It can accelerate from 0-62mph in just 3.6 seconds and has a top speed approaching 200mph.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the comedian’s first Mercedes, as he previously owned a dark blue Mercedes AMG GT purchased in 2014.<\/p>\n

McIntyre is known to be an avid car collector with an impressive fleet of luxury vehicles.<\/p>\n

His collection has reportedly included a \u00a3150,000 Ferrari California, an \u00a380,000 Jaguar XK convertible, a BMW X5 and a Porsche Cayenne.<\/p>\n

The comedian is said to have amassed a net worth of approximately \u00a380 million. In other news, McIntyre’s career continues to flourish despite his automotive woes.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

The BBC recently confirmed it has ordered two further series of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show<\/p>\n

Getty<\/p>\n

The BBC recently confirmed it has ordered two further series of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, following the success of series eight, which achieved an average audience of 5.9 million viewers.<\/p>\n

The BBC noted the show is “one of the biggest shows on Saturday Nights across the board”.<\/p>\n

McIntyre has in the past expressed his pride in the success of both The Big Show and The Wheel, stating: “This will take the Big Show up to its 10th series, which is an amazing achievement for everyone involved.<\/p>\n

“The Wheel was a show we made in lockdown while we couldn’t film the Big Show, but it’s become equally beloved.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedian Michael McIntyre appeared visibly fuming as his luxury \u00a3195,000 Mercedes-AMG GT R was towed away in Kensington,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,4781,393,4884,257,12,512,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-101978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sgg","15":"tag-tv","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114508679431786261","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}