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Jeremy Clarkson's Most Controversial Moments After BBC Suspends Him From 'Top Gear'

17 Other Times Jeremy Clarkson Did Something Utterly Outrageous
The Huffington Post UK

Unless you've been shielding yourself from all electrical devices for the last 24 hours, you will have heard Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC allegedly over a fist fight with a Top Gear producer.

The 22nd series of the hugely popular TV show has been postponed, a move that has infuriated fans.

An online petition to get the presenter reinstated currently has over 280,000 signatories.

Perhaps though, people should be a little less surprised it's come to this - Clarkson is hardly a stranger to controversy.

Here's a reminder of his more... talked about moments.

17 Times Jeremy Clarkson Did Something Outrageous
The Dog-Naming Incident(01 of11)
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A lot of people got upset when Clarkson named his new dog 'Didier Drogba'. To be fair, they were probably over-reacting.... (credit:Jeremy Clarkson/Twitter)
This Jovial Prank (02 of11)
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Yeah, that's not on...
When He Joked About A Plane Crash Just After MH370 Crashed(03 of11)
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"The oxygen masks have deployed. Goodbye everyone." Admittedly it must have been worrying but the timing was pretty poor.
When He Slagged Off the Entire Country(04 of11)
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He once lambasted Britain as “a nation of 62 million complete and utter b*****ds” after being mocked for announcing the death of his dog on Twitter. Which is kinda fair enough...
(05 of11)
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In 2012 he breached BBC guidelines by comparing a Japanese car to people with growths on their faces. A member of the public complained about the "offensive" remarks after Clarkson likened the shape of a Prius campervan to someone with "a growth on their face" and referred to it as the "elephant car".
When PETA Had A Go At Him(06 of11)
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Clarkson was labelled a bully and "ignorant and unfeeling" by animals rights group Peta after posting a picture of a mouse supposedly squashed during rehearsals for Top Gear's live show online.
The Whole Falklands Thing(07 of11)
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If you didn't hear about this one then where have you been?! The number plate. The being chased out of the country. The repeated denials. It had EVERYTHING.
Beer And Driving Don't Mix(08 of11)
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Come on Clarkson, these are the basics.
The 'Slope' Incident Part 2(09 of11)
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Clarkson claimed to be the victim of a Twitter hack when a now deleted a picture of a sign saying ‘entrance to slope’, with the caption ‘this is just obscene’ emerged from his accountBut he later denied having sent such a tweet.
Trivialising Train Suicides(10 of11)
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Clarkson became embroiled in further controversy after describing people who throw themselves under trains as "selfish".
The Dead Chinese Cockle-Pickers(11 of11)
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Writing in The Sun, the Top Gear presenter made fun of synchronised swimming as nothing more than "Chinese women in hats, upside down, in a bit of water".He added: "You can see that sort of thing on Morecambe Beach. For free."In 2004 23 cockle-pickers drowned after becoming trapped by rising tides in the Lancashire bay.
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