Yesterday morning, the BBC announced that they had sacked one of the long-time hosts of Top Gear (U.K.), Jeremy Clarkson. Of course, the announcement was received with lots of public backlash. I am one of those who absolutely despised the decision and thought it was very dumb on the BBC’s part. In my opinion, Top Gear is the best show that is currently on TV. With this news, however, it will surely go down the drain.
The thing that makes Top Gear so amazing is that the three hosts – Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May – are such great friends and they work the best together since they have been doing the show for so long. Prior to being sacked, Clarkson was placed on suspension after a physical altercation with one of the show’s producers. During his suspension, the other two hosts refused to film without Clarkson present. Who knows what they will do now that Clarkson is permanently gone. More importantly, who knows what will happen to the entire show, its profits, the amount of views it receives, everything. Bad move, BBC. Very bad move.
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