Oh, it seems he was awake. Top Gear recieves complaints from Mexican ambassador.
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[quote]Mexico's ambassador in London has complained to the BBC over "offensive, xenophobic and humiliating" comments made about his country on Top Gear.
Eduardo Medina Mora has written to the BBC about "insults" made by Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
Discussing a Mexican sports car, Hammond said vehicles reflected national characteristics so "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy".
The BBC did not comment but said it would respond directly to Mr Mora.
Reviewing the Mastretta on Sunday's show, Hammond said: "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat."
The presenters, known for their edgy jibes, then described Mexican food as "refried sick".
Clarkson said he was confident he would not receive any complaints about their comments because the Mexican ambassador would be asleep.
However, the ambassador did complain, and demanded an apology from the BBC.
"The presenters of the programme resorted to outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults to stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people, their culture, as well as their official representative in the United Kingdom," he wrote.
"These offensive, xenophobic and humiliating remarks only serve to reinforce negative stereotypes and perpetuate prejudice against Mexico and its people."
It is not the first time the driving programme has caused controversy.
Hundreds of viewers complained in 2008 after Clarkson made a joke about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.
Last week, the programme was named most popular factual show at the National TV Awards.[/quote]
[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12338053"]Source[/url]
Hammond is right though, the car will probably be rather shit.
:mexico:
ITT: Somebody overreacts to something Jeremy Clarkson has said.
Woah wait, that hasn't happened before.
I think Clarkson is becoming a bad influence on little Hammond :ohdear:
[QUOTE=TH89;27794286]I think Clarkson is becoming a bad influence on little Hammond :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
May is worse.
They get the BBC in Mexico?
[QUOTE=Broseph_;27794326]They get the BBC in Mexico?[/QUOTE]
"Mexico's ambassador[B] in[/B] [B]London[/B]"
The Mexican ambassador was awake how is this possible.
I LOL'd
When I saw that episode the first thing I thought when I head that is that this would happen.
Of course it's not like the TG crew gives a fuck.
Clarkson does this in every country he goes to, though.
lrn2take a joke.
It wasn't hateful. It was all in good fun. Anyone with a brain could see that.
[QUOTE=TH89;27794286]I think Clarkson is becoming a bad influence on little Hammond :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
The BBC should fire him immediately, preferably into Mars.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;27794417]The Mexican ambassador was awake how is this possible.[/QUOTE]
They forgot about Sky +!
[QUOTE=TH89;27794286]I think Clarkson is becoming a bad influence on little Hammond :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
I'd be more worried about May teaching him swears.
Eventually we'll see Hammond going "Oh Cock..."
Hammond's already become reckless and violent in his adolescent years. He grew his hair long to rebel, and got in a car crash and everything.
People get offended too easily.
Haha Mexicans ha!
o sorri to ofend u
Isn't this the same episode in which they called all Australians criminals with funny accents?
Who the hell takes top gear seriously, of all things.
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[QUOTE=Garrus.;27795090]Hammond's already become reckless and violent in his adolescent years. He grew his hair long to rebel, and got in a car crash and everything.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention his dabbling in drugs. I worry about that boy sometimes.
oh woe is me top gear made fun of my country just like they did every other one what ever will we do
hahaha this is the funniest news i have read in a long long time
[QUOTE=markg06;27794911]The BBC should fire him immediately, preferably into Mars.[/QUOTE]
Into Mexico
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To make a special pls
[QUOTE=markg06;27794911]The BBC should fire him immediately, preferably into Mars.[/QUOTE]
Guess who's butthurt by one of Clarkson's comments.
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Top Gear wouldn't be what it is without all these jokes, and it's not like they don't make sarcastic comments about Britain.
Silly Mexicans.
Clarkson says shit like this about everyone, it isn't only one person it's everyone.
As if they don't mock their own country as well
Top Gear is just brilliant, end of discussion.
I am surprised they did not get any complaints about their "invade Poland competition" joke.
[quote]"The presenters of the programme resorted to outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults to stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people, their culture, as well as their official representative in the United Kingdom," he wrote.[/quote]
Take a joke.
Meanwhile the Aussies don't care that Top Gear basically insulted them and called them criminals and had a massive go at their country's stereotypes.
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It's a well known fact:
The Scottish hate the English
The Welsh hate the English
The Irish hate the English
The French hate the English
The Aussies hate the English
The Germans hate the English
The American hate the English
The Canadians love the English
We have a sort of friendly rivalry with just about every country we ever come into contact with... or occupy... or have a war with. Except Spain for some reason. Also Japan and China, 'cause we never really fought them as much as the Americans did.
We unite everyone in that everyone has a rivalry with us.
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