The Hairy Bikers’ Si King has opened up about the death of his co-star and best friend Dave Myers, admitting that grief is a ‘constant surprise’ and he is still processing the loss of his pal
The Hairy Bikers were formed in 2004 and gained a legion of fans over a 20-year career that saw them combine their passion for cooking with motorcycling. The Bikers came to an end with the death of Dave Myers in February 2024, and his pal Si King has admitted he “doesn’t know what else to do” as he deals with his grief.
Dave and Si together formed The Hairy Bikers after first meeting on the set of a TV drama in 1995. They were friends for nearly three decades before Dave passed away in 2024 after a two year battle with cancer.
During their careers they presented more than 30 television series and specials while co-writing 27 cookbooks before Dave’s death at the age of just 66. At the time of his death he was joined at his side by both his wife Liliana and Si.
Dave’s death, which happened as the pair’s final series The Hairy Bikers Go West was being broadcast, was affected his family, fans, and Si deeply. Years on from his friends’ death Si has had time to think about what he thinks about grief.
Speaking to the Times about the matter, Si became frank about the strange sides of that particular emotion. Si, who lives near Newcastle, made the comment as he continues to work on in his own career whilst grieving.
The 59-year-old admitted: “Grief’s a funny thing because it’s as individual as those who are feeling it. And it’s as complex as the character that is feeling it.
“It’s painful and it is a constant surprise because there are some days that … Well, it’s a plethora of emotions, isn’t it? It’s all the emotions.
“It’s confusion. It’s anger. It’s abandonment. It’s all those things that you feel as a human being when you lose somebody that important.”
As to how he was doing overall, Si admitted that he was continue to work in part because he doesn’t know what else to do during this period. He said: “I’m all right. I mean, look, it’s challenging and I continue to work probably too hard, but I kind of don’t know what else to do.”
This isn’t the first time Si has talked about his feelings around grief when he returned to the nation’s screens earlier this year on Channel 4’s Top of the Stops.
During another media appearance, this time on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne, he spoke about what he did in the first year after Dave passed away and how he felt weirdly guilty about doing so.
Si said: “The first year, I didn’t want to do anything at all, I just didn’t have it in me and then when I was shooting the show, I felt a sense of guilt that I was doing something that when he wasn’t there.
“It was a very odd experience, because I was having to remember and deliver pieces to camera that I’d go ‘ah you can do this’.”
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