JEREMY CLARKSON'S GAFFES
Added on: 21st Apr 2015
WHILE FILMING A ONE OFF SPECIAL IN THE US, CLARKSON TIED
A DEAD COW TO THE ROOF OF HIS CHEVY CAMARO BEFORE
ACCELERATING THE CAR IN REVERSE, THROWING THE BODY
TO THE GROUND.
WHILE FILMING AN INDIAN SPECIAL, CLARKSON BUILT A TOILET
IN THE BACK OF HIS JAGUAR, HE CLAIMED IT WAS “PERFECT
FOR TOURISTS BECAUSE “EVERYONE” WHO VISITS INDIA SUFFERS
WITH DIARRHOEA.
DURING A SPECIAL FILMED ON THE RIVER KWAI IN THAILAND,
THE TEAM HAD BUILT A BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER. AS AN
ASIAN MAN IS SEEN WALKING INTO SHOT, CLARKSON COMMENTED
“THAT’S A PROUD MOMENT BUT THERE IS A SLOPE ON IT”.
CLARKSON WAS ACCUSED OF CASUAL RACISM.
THE TEAM FILMED A TWO PART FALKLANDS SPECIAL, WHERE
THE NUMBER PLATE H982 FKL, LED TO THE CREW BEING
CHASED OUT OF ARGENTINA BY VETERANS, AS THEY BELIEVED
IT REFERRED TO THE 1982 FALKLANDS WAR.
IN 2008, WHILE CLARKSON WAS DRIVING A LORRY AND EXPLAINING
WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LORRY DRIVERS. HE STATED
“CHANGE GEAR, CHANGE GEAR, CHECK MIRROR, MURDER A
PROSTITUTE, CHANGE GEAR, CHANGE GEAR, MURDER.
THAT’S A LOT OF EFFORT IN ONE DAY”.
FORKLIFT TRUCK DRIVER, STEVE WRIGHT HAD THAT YEAR
BEEN JAILED FOR KILLING FIVE PROSTITUTES IN IPSWICH.
CLARKSON WAS ONCE AGAIN ACCUSED OF “CASUAL RACISM”
WHEN HE NAMED HIS NEW BLACK PET DOG “DIDIER DROGBA”
AFTER THE FORMER CHELSEA FOOTBALL PLAYER.
IN DECEMBER 2011, CLARKSON MANAGED TO GET HIMSELF
MORE THAN 31,000 COMPLAINTS WHEN ON BBC’S ONE SHOW
HE TOLD THE PRESENTERS THAT ALL THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS,
WHO HAD JUST TAKEN PLACE IN A 24 HOUR STRIKE THAT HE
WOULD TAKE THEM OUTSIDE AND EXECUTE THEM IN FRONT
OF THEIR FAMILIES.
THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY TOOK OFFENCE TO A REMARK
MADE BY CLARKSON ABOUT PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN 2010.
WHILE REVIEWING TWO FERRARIS ON THE SHOW, CLARKSON
DESCRIBED THE OLDER MODEL AS A “SIMPLETON” AND SHOULD
BE RENAMED THE “430 SPECIALE NEEDS” INSTEAD OF
THE 430 SPECIAL.
CLARKSON WASN’T ON HIS OWN IN THIS COMPLAINT.
WHEN ALL THREE OF THE TEAM MADE OFFENSIVE REMARKS ABOUT
MEXICO, WHICH INCLUDED CLAIMS THAT THE FOOD WAS
“REFRIED SICK WITH CHEESE ON IT”.
THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT MEXICANS WERE
“LAZY, FECKLESS AND FLATULENT”
IN UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF A SHOW, CLARKSON WAS HEARD
SINGING A WELL KNOWN NURSERY RHYME, WHICH GOES
“EENY MEENY, MINY, MOE”
CLARKSON THEN MUMBLED “CATCH A N….. BY HIS TOE, AS HE
TRIED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO CARS.
HE WAS ACCUSED BY THE DAILY MIRROR OF USING THE “N” WORD.
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