Tired of Avoiding Huge Potholes Near His Essex Home, Sir Rod Stewart Takes Matters Into His Own Hands and Starts Fixing Them
“My Ferrari can’t go through,” he jokingly said, which is the least relatable thing ever.
Sir Rod Stewart has never been shy about getting his hands dirty, and this time the rock legend traded the stage for a shovel. Frustrated by the potholes near his Essex home, he joined friends to start filling the holes himself, turning a local road problem into an unexpected headline.
The scene is part celebrity story, part neighborhood complaint, and part public frustration. Stewart, who has sold more than 250 million albums worldwide and built a career full of hits, was seen in sweatpants and neon sneakers tackling the damage on his own.
Now the video is making the rounds, and the reaction has been just as lively as the repair job. Read on.
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Sir Rod Stewart"No one else would bother," Rod adds as he shovels gravel onto the road.
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“We are filling the holes while millions and millions of pounds have been spent on the M11, right over there,” he says.
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“People are damaging their cars. The other day, there was an ambulance with a burst tire,” he added.
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The video has received excellent feedback, with many people praising the rock star; however, Essex Highways does not recommend that others do so for safety reasons.
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Rod was a gravedigger before becoming a famous rock artist, according to legend, which connects the two experiences in an odd way. However, this is not entirely true.
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He did work at the cemetery, but the job primarily involved marking plots and performing various other manual tasks.
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Watch the video here:
Rod and his neighbors can now enjoy smooth, pothole-free roads while "going home, running home, down to Gasoline Alley where I came from."
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That local fix quickly turned into a bigger conversation online.
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People are not only thanking Rod for his good deed but also condemning the council's lack of concern.
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Well done indeed.
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Should we all start fixing our local roads?
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You can't ride bicycles on roads like these.
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Thanks, Rod.
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Brilliant example.
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One Redditor lost a friend due to a pothole.
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Respect.
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Unfortunately, we wouldn't be surprised if the council used him as a scapegoat.
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Some Redditors even requested Rod to visit their cities to help with pothole problems.
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It would be appreciated...
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Sir Rod Stewart is no stranger to manual labor. Some have noticed a similarity between Rod's earlier experiences as a gravedigger and this story.
However, even though he worked at the cemetery, his duties mostly revolved around marking plots and performing other manual activities. There was minimal grave digging involved.
Either way, the potholes got his attention first.
For another brutal accountability story, see Ghetts sentenced to prison after a fatal hit-and-run.
