hotel doesn't mean it wasn't work related... and in this day and age, its legal departments that drive this sort of thing. for all you know, Clarkson and the producer may not be whining about it and wants to get on with it also. the thing is, if Clarkson goes, Top Gear is done, and the producers job is gone also.


The main point I'm trying to make with all of my posts here is we only know a sliver of what happened and how its being handled and who's driving it. Everyone here is talking about this like the producer is trying to get Clarkson fired for calling him fat...

 

the story reads that Clarkson was unhappy with food at the hotel. maybe the producer called him a princess, maybe clarkson blew it out of proportion. maybe none of that is true.
but if we're not able to speculate and talk about the situation considering the info that's been leaked out, then i guess this thread would be over.

 

The story reads Clarkson had also had a bit to drink. Which I'm sure had everything to do with the "fracas".

 

Statement just released...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/sta...larkson-update



The BBC today released the following statement.

Following last week’s suspension of Jeremy Clarkson, Ken MacQuarrie is now considering the evidence and will report to the Director-General on his findings next week.

Once this has been considered, we will set out any further steps.

The BBC will not be offering further commentary until then.

 

If you guys haven't done so, already, add your name to the petition to bring back JC:

https://www.change.org/p/bbc-reinstate-jeremy-clarkson

 

 

i was drinking and got out of line. sorry, man.

or maybe i'm just too old and settle things differently than others LOL

 

I'm not against speculating and guessing at what happens, but I don't like the Clarkson can do no wrong approach that most people on here seem to be taking.

I think we can all agree that if he punched a producer for calling him a princess about food, then that goes to Clarkson being overly sensitive about PC crap...



*edit:
"Clarkson can do no wrong" is a figure of speech, not meant to be taken absolutely literally

 

i think part of where we differ is i don't think anyone is taking a "he can do no wrong" approach. just a "this is ridiculous" approach.

 

This

 

punching someone is perfectly reasonable grounds for dismissal... especially if its over something as stupid as getting called a princess

whats ridiculous is people thinking throwing punches at work or work related functions is ok. if he got into a bar fight somewhere with some random guy and the BBC tried to fire him, then yes, it'd be ridiculous.

another point is, does anyone here actually think the BBC wants to fire him? Top Gear is their biggest cash cow, by a big margin. TG dies without Clarkson. If the BBC wanted to fire him, he'd be officially fired by now. I guarantee all the closed door meetings at BBC right now are about trying to figure out how to keep Clarkson, not how to fire him. and yes, I know about the "no more unPC stuff or your fired" thing that they told him, but thats just them trying to keep him on a leash so they don't have to put out public relations fires...

 

If I go to Chipotle and there's a "Sorry, no carnitas" sign still at the counter, I'm knocking the meat guy on his rear end.

PS: Bring back Clarkson!

 

It's not unreasonable to think this conflict has been brewing for some time. If that's the case and the gent of the receiving end went a step too far, smack 'em. Certainly not against my system of beliefs. Hitting folks for no reason, a different story.

 

Oh i'm sure it has been ongoing. Probably from the Argentina episode it just reached a boiling point and it finally boiled over

 

on a slightly more humorous note...