Clarkson, who previously had to apologise to Gordon Brown in February after calling him “a one-eyed Scottish idiot”, described him as a “cunt” in not-for-broadcast comments during the recording of this week’s Top Gear programme on Wednesday night.
Isn’t the BBC supposed to be a reflection of the myriad opinions and communities of Britain? Clarkson was communing there with one of the larger such groups wasn’t he?
5 responses so far ↓
1 David Gillies // Jul 25, 2009 at 10:52 am
Hear, hear. If Mr. Clarkson felt himself bound to describe our monocular Supremo using, ahem, a widespread but vulgar epithet for a lady’s undercarriage, then surely we should applaud his candour. If ever a mot were juste, this is it.
By the way, the Hellograph was much more circumspect than the Graun in listing the naughty word in question, while leaving not a single reader in any doubt as to which it actually was.
2 Kit // Jul 25, 2009 at 11:59 am
Surely the “lady’s undercarriage” are her legs and her c**t is the bomb bay doors?
3 The Great Simpleton // Jul 25, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Ah but celebs can only have opinions if they are suitbably left of centre. Remember all the derisory comments about Maggie during the 80′s? No thoughts of censure then.
4 David Gillies // Jul 25, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Kit, I was going to use the phrase “Richard Murphy” but I felt it somewhat boorish to dishonour the Temple of Aphrodite with such a vile appellation.
5 Devil's Kitchen // Jul 25, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Jeremy stuck to my script with aplomb…
DK
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