Next week Lord Hall will read the BBC’s report into Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension from Top Gear and make a decision about Clarkson’s future. In light of this, Clarkson may well live to regret his night out at the Roundhouse gala.
Mr S was a guest at last night’s charity fundraiser and witnessed Clarkson launching a foul-mouthed attack on the BBC over his alleged ‘fracas’ with a producer. The presenter got on stage at the glitzy bash and told the audience that the BBC were ‘f—ing b—–ds’, adding that by suspending him they had ‘f—ed themselves’.
The comments came as Clarkson raised £100,000 for the arts charity, which helps young people in the creative industries, by offering attendees the chance to join him for his last lap around the Top Gear test track:
‘I don’t know when I did my last lap of the Top Gear test drive, I didn’t foresee my sacking, but I would like to do one last lap and this is a fantastic charity, it really is. So I’ll go down to Surrey and I’ll do one last lap of that track before the f—ing b—–ds sack me.’
The lucky bidder will also be joined by Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, who owns one of the fastest cars in the world, for the lap.
‘I’ll drive somebody around in whatever I can get hold of, I’m sacked so it’s probably a Nissan Maestro. But anyway it will be my last ever lap of the Top Gear test drive. There was an 18 year waiting list to be in the audience of Top Gear, but the BBC has f—ed themselves.’
While Clarkson seems certain that he will lose his job, the BBC have claimed no final decision has been made over his future. Still, Clarkson didn’t seem too worried at the event; the presenter splashed out £80,000 on a painting by Marc Quinn.
Clarkson’s new picture
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