- Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:14 pm
#182015
Thing is, it's not an apology but he's right to make it a non-apology. It shouldn't be something to apologise for in exactly the same way Ross and Brand shouldn't have been hounded out of the BBC for a spoof answerphone message that got virtually no complaints when first aired. Was it twattish? Yes, but he's spot on in saying that in context it was blatantly, blatantly a joke, and it was the bit he said was for balance - NOT the bit he said first. And as mentioned, The One Show is so insanely bland that you'd probably get complaints if someone said "bum" live on air.
Clarkson is an oaf, and I wish he'd just stick to what he's good at - pratting about with cars and actually being quite entertaining. Just like I wish someone in BBC comedy with a spine would start telling the Mail to fuck off when it gets on its high horse. Two sides of the same coin, or something. And as I saw on Twitter, someone said if he'd said Cameron should be shot and it was the exact same obvious gag the same people trying to get him fired right now would either be silent or applauding him.
Clarkson is an oaf, and I wish he'd just stick to what he's good at - pratting about with cars and actually being quite entertaining. Just like I wish someone in BBC comedy with a spine would start telling the Mail to fuck off when it gets on its high horse. Two sides of the same coin, or something. And as I saw on Twitter, someone said if he'd said Cameron should be shot and it was the exact same obvious gag the same people trying to get him fired right now would either be silent or applauding him.