Fans of History Channel’s popular reality television series, Ice Road Truckers, have been missing their favorite trucker this season—and are making no bones about it.
Starting before the first episodes of this season began to hit the airwaves, Huliq readers have been adamant in telling the History Channel that they want driver Lisa Kelly back on IRT:
- Blues Man: History Channel needs to let us know what's up with Lisa. Doesn't look like she is on this season ....why?
- Oldskier: I'm gone without Lisa as are most previous fans. What in the world were the producers thinking!!!!
- Jimbo: No interest in the show. Get her back or youre gonna lose lots of viewers.
- Teri: Only watched IRT cause of Lisa Kelly. As someone said before me, the show is boring with only men but Lisa put a nice spin on a male cast. Hope she returns to IRT or her own spin-off would be great also. Sorry History channel will NOT be watching now!!!
- Anonymous: We miss Lisa and I hope the producers are paying her a higher amount of money when she comes back.
So far, the History Channel has not made an official statement, letting fans know just what is going on with the missing Lisa Kelly. However, a recent statement in the press may have shed at least a sliver of light on the situation.
Writer Kate O’Hare recently had the opportunity to speak with producer Thom Beers of Original Productions, the company that produces Ice Road Truckers. “While I had Beers' ear,” O’Hare wrote, “I asked him a question that many blog commenters have been asking since the premiere of the new season of another of his shows, History's Ice Road Truckers—'Where is Lisa Kelly?’”
Although Beers’ answer to O’Hare still left some mystery to the situation, it was better than what has been put out there thus far:
"We offered her a contract to return and she chose not to. That's it. We invited her back. Love to have her. She's taking a year off, realizing that she might not be able to get another show. But she's an interesting woman. We liked her.”
Whether or not her reason not to accept the contract offered to her was connected to the amount of money offered was not addressed. But, a recent comment made by fellow IRT trucker Rick Yemm in an exclusive Huliq interview may also touch on what happened:
On former IRT star Lisa Kelly v. production:
“I can understand why Lisa wants to make a stand,” Yemm says of his former cast-mate, who fans have been vocal about missing this season. “But the way that production is, well, at the end, production did the same thing. They threw their finger up at her and said, ‘Whatever.’”
Again, whether or not it was all about money has not been confirmed by History Channel, Original Productions or Lisa Kelly herself. But, Beers’ statement did seem to leave the door open for Kelly to return on a future season of Ice Road Truckers.
"The thing what we liked about her more than anyone else,” Beers also told O’Hare, “she's the one person of them all that showed real fear. I wish her luck, and I wish she was back."
And, so do her fans.
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Tonight's season finale of IRT sees a friendship teetering on the edge
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