Suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has seemingly apologised to Ed Miliband over Twitter for pulling news attention away from the Labour leader.
Clarkson took to Twitter hours after his suspension from the BBC was announced writing “Sorry Ed” on the social network.
Sorry Ed. It seems I knocked your "I'm a human" piece down the news agenda.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) March 10, 2015
The tweet is seen as a mocking apology to Miliband who had allowed a media insight into his family life, while news coverage has focused on Clarkson.
That attention came after the BBC announced it had suspended the Top Gear host “following a fracas” with a producer. As a result, the three remaining episodes of the current series are understood to have been postponed.
This Sunday’s episode was to feature Clarkson with co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May getting to grips with classic cars including a Fiat 124 Spider, an MGB GT and a Peugeot 304 cabriolet.
They were going to take to the road and end up at a classic track day, while Gary Lineker was due to be the “star in a reasonably priced car”.
May tweeted that there would be “No Top Gear this weekend” and suggested the BBC should screen 633 Squadron instead.
No Top Gear this weekend, apparently. How about 633 Squadron instead? @JeremyClarkson @RichardHammond
— James May (@MrJamesMay) March 10, 2015
Richard Hammond chipped in before it drew two replies from Clarkson, ahead of the “Sorry Ed” tweet.
No, surely, Last of the Summer Wine; no one will notice the difference. Job done. @MrJamesMay @JeremyClarkson
— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) March 10, 2015
@MrJamesMay No no no. Where Eagles Dare. Much better.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) March 10, 2015
@MrJamesMay @RichardHammond I did some pretty good war documentaries. They could screen one of those.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) March 10, 2015
Spirits did not seem to be downtrodden in the Clarkson camp, as Em Clarkson, the presenter’s daughter, tweeted….
Oh God, BBC please take him back… He's started cooking…
— Em Clarkson (@EmClarkson1) March 10, 2015
The presenter has lurched from controversy to controversy in recent months – offending foreign diplomats, viewers, MPs and his own bosses at the BBC.
A BBC spokeswoman said: “Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation.
“No one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday. The BBC will be making no further comment at this time.”
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