Clarkson: Top Gear USA has been canned and Scottish prime minister is a “one-eyed idiot”

Posted: Feb 06, 2009

The Top Gear UK host Jeremy Clarkson always finds himself in very controversial situations. Not afraid to speak his mind, Scottish politicians have urged BBC to take Clarkson off air after he called prime minister Gordon Brown a “one-eyed Scottish idiot.”

During his visit to Australia, where Clarkson is going to host Top Gear Live, he accused Brown of repeatedly “telling us everything is fine” with the world in a financial crisis.

While none of this matters to us in the automotive industry, Clarkson however did mention that Top Gear USA has been banned because Americans “just don’t get it.”

You can check out the video after the jump.

Thanks for the tip Nick.

Deborah Ikeda

That's a shame! I'm an American and I LOVE Top Gear! It's brilliant!!!

Ivan Gutierrez

Forgive me for asking such a stupid question but has this video been posted on this site before or am I just having a very eerie case of deja vu?

Pat

No this video just came out....but eGMCarTech loves clarkson a lot i think

dmiami

Americans do get it and those of us who do are happy that you by-passed TG USA because the three idiots you chose would have ruined your brand.

Bobmarley

Tanner Foust would have made a good host for the show (like ive said before)...he knows how to drive and he doesnt have an irritating personality