<p><strong>1pm: </strong>Top Gear prenter Jeremy Clarkson has fallen foul of TV regulators for scribg a r as 'gay'. By <strong>Mark Sweney</strong>.</p>
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JEREMY CLARKSON AND THE 'GAY' R: OFFENSIVE, OR STORM A TEACUP?
Jeremy Clarkson ni he is homophobic, and yet ntu to mock and mean the LGBT+ muny wh his words. In his many years of celebry, he has ma far too many jok wh LGBT+ people as the punchle – though Clarkson sists he is not homophobic. When The Grand Tour was acced of homophobia by Will Young.
He received a huge backlash, cludg Will Young llg the tr out for beg “SO unfortable wh their sexualy that they reference some lame way a Wrangler Jeep beg a gay man’s r. It’s f***ckg pathetic and actually homophobic. When Jeremy Clarkson said he uldn’t be homophobic bee he watch ‘lbians on the ter’.
CLARKSON TROUBLE FOR 'GAY' GAFFE
In an unsurprisgly blasé rponse to Will Young’s cricism, Jeremy Clarkson said he uldn’t be homophobic, fendg his actns a lumn for The Sun. He wrote: “Many gay people who’d seen the show said they uldn’t see a problem.
One even said I should tell [Will Young] to stop beg so gay. He ntued: “Instead I will apologise to Will for g him some upset and reassure him that I know I’m not homophobic as I very much enjoy watchg lbians on the ter. That time he apologised for sharg a photo of himself wh a sign sayg ‘gay c**t’.
The prenter tweeted an image 2014 showg him asleep on a plane wh a sign sayg “gay c**t” held up next to him. The photo was retweeted over 26, 000 tim, but followers were quick to rpond, sayg they were offend by them g gay a negative ntext “as some kd of sult”.