Clarkson Fired by BBC Over Physical and Verbal Abuse

controversial top gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been dropped from the BBC what we know is that the producer ocean teaming was indeed attacked by Jeremy Clarkson and he was also subjected to sustained verbal abuse using words that no one should have to endure it follows what the broadcaster referred to as a frack are between Clarkson and a producer apparently no hot food was laid on for the presenter after a day's filming in North Yorkshire physical violence accompanied by prolonged verbal abuse has crossed the line and that's why with regret I decided this morning that we will not be really renewing Jeremy's contract Clarkson has been in trouble before for behavior and remarks deemed offensive and provocative and by his own admission he was given a so-called final warning from the BBC last year it followed a racism route in which he was allegedly caught on camera using the n-word while reciting the nursery rhyme eeny meeny miny moe something Clarkson responded to in a video post in May last year if you listen very carefully with the sound turned right up it did appear that I'd actually used the word I was trying to obscure I was mortified by this horrified it is a word I loathe and I did everything in my power to make sure that that version did not appear in the program that was transmitted in July Top Gear was ruled to have breached broadcasting rules when Clarkson used the word slope were allegedly describing an Asian man there's a slope on the program apologise Eri is definitely higher on that side in October 2010 Ofcom criticized the presenter after he described the front end of a Ferrari f430 as looking like a quote simpleton and that it should have been called the quote for 30 special needs once again the BBC had to apologize this time top gear brings in 350 million viewers a week in a hundred and 70 different countries it's one of the BBC's biggest brands and is a major earner for the broadcaster a fact that former top gear presenter Chris Coffey says is down to Clarkson he was always controversial he was always outspoken and that's the appeal that's why he's made Top Gear into a best-selling international entertainment program whether Clarkson's co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond will remain with Top Gear has yet to be confirmed but all three had their contracts up for renewal this year

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Length: 2min 36sec (156 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 25 2015