Top Gear host says "nigger" in nursery rhyme and faces ousting

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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/television/does-the-nword-mean-the-end-for-top-gear-star-jeremy-clarkson/story-fni0cc2b-1226912258466

Not only has he upset his employers and millions of Brits because of a racial slur captured on video (Daily Mirror: "Clarkson's N-Word Shame"), it now appears his second wife is planning to take him to the cleaners in a $30 million divorce settlement, and even the more respected British publications like The Independent are asking, "Is This The End?" for the 53 year-old former door-to-door Paddington Bear salesman.

It began with the now notorious "N-word" video, leaked footage of an unused segment from an old Top Gear in which Clarkson can be heard uttering the old, politically incorrect nursery-rhyme "Eeny-meeny miny-moe, catch a N.... by the toe" to choose between two models of cars.

Taken in isolation, and following hastily issued apologies by Clarkson (after initially denying using the word) and the BBC — who announced he was on a final warning — it might have blown over, but this is a man with a track-record as long and black as the M1.

Throughout his career Clarkson's many racist rants have included stating that Korean car designers ate dogs, calling BMW employees "Nazis" (and performing a Nazi salute) and saying a Malaysian car was built by people who "live in jungles and wear leaves for shoes".

He has upset the gay community with regular homophobic statements and was criticised by a mental health charity for a column he wrote about dealing with incidents of train-track suicide. ("Change the driver, pick up the big bits of what's left of the victim, get the train moving as quickly as possible and let foxy woxy and the birds nibble away at the smaller, gooey parts that are far away or hard to find.")


Doesn't men he's racist , doesn't mean he should leave the show and be 30m GBP out of pocket.. could have just said he was talking about Catching Rev Campbell's dog "Nigger" by the toe.