In a 2011 interview with Truckers News, Dave Redmon claimed that his firing from “Ice Road Truckers” was entirely scripted, as the showrunners had decided that he should be portrayed as an antagonist throughout Season 5 (via Overdrive).

“I know it doesn’t look that way on TV, obviously,” Redmon explained. “They had scripted me to be the bad guy on the show, and it just scripted me to get fired.” Redmon went on to address how the show had portrayed him as a bad team player with an attitude problem and explained that while he may not have gotten along with all of the other drivers, he was still doing his job well when he was fired.

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This accusation from Redmon claiming that his firing was done for dramatic purposes echoes previous allegations that “Ice Road Truckers” is actually staged. Another former cast member named Rick Yemm once claimed that the truckers you see within the series are actually forced into certain character archetypes by the History Channel and that those archetypes don’t actually reflect their real-life personalities (via Huliq). Although it’s unlikely we’ll ever know the truth about Redmon’s exit from the series, it certainly is quite interesting to hear his side of the story —- especially considering the prior accusations of staging drama on “Ice Road Truckers.”