Jeremy Clarkson......Love Him or Loathe Him!

[nookiebear]

Rumours abound that he will be sacked by the BBC today over a meal or no meal of Steak & Chips.
Do you like him or loathe him??

[Freddy]

Like. He may be a bit up his own arse but he's bloody funny and just speaks his mind.

[NongKi bloke]

I don't care about Top Gear but I like him because he's not for the political correct. There needs to be more of that.

[finnomick]

JC can be a bit predictable on Top Gear but as mentioned above, he is funny, does some crazy things and shoots from the hip. He's got my vote.

[Nobby]

He's been sacked

[davureborn]

He'll be back with a different format.

[Nobby]

He'll be back with a different format.

I'd expect him to be back with the same format but on a different channel

[Starman]

Can't use the same format. The program belongs to BBC.

This is a BIG mistake from the BBC. One instance here where the man is bigger than the company.

Top Gear had approx 350 million viewers world wide.

Love him or lothe him?? He his a very clever man. I still think that his attitude is a little "made for TV", but it works.

There will likely be something, bigger, better and with even more testosterone on a rival channel quite soon.

What about "Channel Clarkson"? 555

[Freddy]

The only loser from all this will be the BBC. JC will be snapped up by another broadcasting company and probably earn even more, the viewers will still get to watch him and if Top Gear really is just about JC then it won't be worth viewing without him anyway. To be honest, I think this was a really tough one for the BBC. They will feel the pain from this but ultimately JC was an employee and he attacked a fellow employee......What else could they do? If it had been a presenter that wasn't so bloody funny to watch none of us would care and would probably be supporting the BBC in their decision ! We are all as politically incorrect as JC , myself included.

[davureborn]

He was filmed repeating a children's rhyme which we used when I was a kid to choose people for teams: eeny, meeny, miny mo, catch a nigger by its toe, if he's dead, smash his head... that's the way I learnt it, completely unconsciously, 60 years ago. I don't know why Clarkson was doing this, but, like me, it just rolled off the tongue. When he realised what he was saying, he started muttering, if you don't know the rhyme you might not even be offended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb3tXcfKQe8
The film was never distributed by the BBC. He was given a 'FINAL WARNING' because of this politically incorrect load of over exaggerated boring rubbish.
Looks to me like someone has it in for this doubtlessly head strong and abrasive character as he was doing something that you may see any weekend in an English pub. They were overjoyed when the badly cooked steak incident occurred. Remind me why I left the UK so long ago.
How's about this: I have been the foreigner in places all over Europe and I am a racist. Same as my Thai/Lao wife is and same as most people living in Thailand. I always dealt with it, especially when I was employing other racists. Boo hoo.

[Freddy]

Yep...fair points and I had a Gollywog and watched Love Thy Neighbour. The BBC may well have had it in for him however he gave them what they needed by assaulting a colleague and effectively one of his bosses. There are very few circumstances where you can do that and not get the sack.

[Beer Leo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48h-q-FEBSw