Jeremy Clarkson: Top Gear problems got 'bigger and bigger' BBC News

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson says times were "tricky" in the run-up to the BBC dropping him from the show.

[baresan]

Fired by BBC, interviewed by BBC about BBC firing him.
Sensible.

[rawyin]

Nice editing. Cut him off when he starts criticizing management. ;)

[saynololzisback]

When an English person calls something 'stressy' it means they're really struggling

[randyvines]

Jeremy Clarkson carries a different kind of energy in interviews. He knows what the journalist is trying to get out of him and doesn't fall in to the traps that journalists try put people in.

[DarkTenka]

BBC: "he's making us look bad! .. cut it short! CUT IT SHORT! QUICK!"

[samueljosiah]

For those of you who don't know his mom had passed away that year and his wife filled for a divorce shortly after the mans life was falling apart.

[PG_FISHING]

Iv never watched top gear since Jeremy left, nobody can review cars like him, he’s the best ever!!

[mrjw]

It stopped being top gear after Clarkson, May and Hammond left. I haven’t watched it since.

[rbucrzy]

i think that reporter should go full bald. he would look much better.

[TheJRSvideos]

The BBC was perfectly happy to accept all of the money and viewership that Top Gear brought in, but they never appreciated it for what it was. At the very most, they tolerated it. I'm glad these guys finally broke away.

[mistk]

He has definitely been smashing the alcohol.... I agree the bbc is a load of pc nonsense nowadays though..

[Bartooc]

Clarkson: *Management in BBC is really bad.*
Management at BBC: *So you have chosen an edit button!*

[simonjz]

He is bang on correct. Anyone here who works for a big corporation knows exactly what he is talking about. This is why good employees of big companies do not stay, and the bad ones fester and create more drama than work. Anybody disagree?

[Raez_XL]

This interview is better than the whole of new flop gear

[theusmn_]

Top Gear is nothing without Jermy, Richard and James. Love these guys. I stopped watching top gear when the new guys came

[ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum]

Simply a talent they should have never let go. I've the good fortune of discovering Top Gear many seasons in and was able to binge watch. The recipe for this show- Jeremy, Richard, and James plus automotive shenanigans was absolutely brilliant. Once a cast starts to spin gold, there's nothing should be allowed to get in the way of it.

[fouadshaban]

Regardless of what people think about Clarkson, he will go in history books as one of the greatest British TV presenters... Topgear is a great brand that will live on but Jeremy and the lads will always be Topgear's version of Apple's Steve Jobs... can't wait until the Grand Tour premieres

[will]

Clarkson is bang on about the British management culture. Work is one big arse covering session

[MrJerry]

The problem with Jeremy clarkson is that he speaks a lot of sense!

[dabr]

Jeremy and the boys were the BBC's cash cow. You blew it BBC, you blew it big time.