Right...and I am the King of England...
Posted on 04/01/2015 11:26:03 AM PDT by FewsOrange
Former Top Gear presenter says being sacked by the BBC was a ‘wake-up call’ as he joins host of celebrities backing climate change campaign The disgraced former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has become the latest celebrity to support the Guardian’s campaign for fossil fuel divestment.
Following what he described as a “dark night of the soul”, Clarkson said he hoped to “regain the trust of the British public” by dedicating his time and financial resources to sustainable energy, road safety and forging mutual understanding and tolerance between people of different cultures and religions.
The 54-year-old said that the “fracas” last month, in which he punched a producer on the patio of a North Yorkshire hotel, had prompted him to “re-evaluate his priorities” and reflect deeply on his life, behaviour and carbon footprint. The BBC opted not to renew Clarkson’s contract after the incident at the Simonstone Hall hotel, in the Yorkshire Dales, which left producer Oisin Tymon needing hospital treatment. More than 1.5 million Britons signed an online petition calling for Clarkson to be reinstated and for a relaxation of the laws against assault in cases that could be demonstrated to involve banter.
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Penguin Books, which has long published Clarkson’s bestselling series of opinionated works including The World According to Clarkson, For Crying Out Loud and Driven to Distraction, said next year it planned to publish a new instalment, provisionally entitled Here Are Some Thoughts That I Had, focusing primarily on Clarkson’s new-found sympathy for environmental issues, interfaith dialogue and intersectional feminism.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The timing of Clarkson’s epiphany seems rather suspicious to me.
Yeah.
Right.
Nice try.
Even on 1 April 2015?
And people on FR lionize this douche?
bwahhahahaaa
gosh it must suck to be so gullible
Right...and I am the King of England...
April Fools Joke?
He was always rudely dismissive of such nonsense on Top Gear
It was that steamy affair he had with Piers Morgan that changed his mind. Good to see he’s come around to the side of the Good Guys!
Oh, please. Even "respected journalists" have a sense of humor.
And you just got played.
I must admit the video at the Guardian is funny. The Clarkson body double isn’t the greatest, but as long as the camera stayed out of focus and shooting from across the room it was passable.
Dangit!
Quite amusing!
It was a well done article.
April Fool?
Another gem from the article
“Top Gear was a wild ride for an ordinary bloke like me,” said Clarkson, speaking to the Guardian at a pub near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. “But there comes a time when a man’s got to ask himself what he really stands for. And for me, that’s sustainable energy, traffic calming and an end to xenophobia and prejudice.”
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