Jeremy Clarkson speaks out on racism row: 'If I make one more offensive remark I will be sacked'
Jeremy Clarkson has used his weekly newspaper column in the Sun to hit out at the BBC's handling of the racist language row.
The Top Gear host criticised the BBC's plan for him to apologise and said the corporation had issued him a final warning over his conduct.
He wrote: "An apology is a good idea if you've just spilled some beer down someone's shirt or if you've accidentally trodden on someone's toe in a Tube train.
"But saying sorry for using the most racist word of them all, and hoping the story would die down as a result?
"That's like murdering someone and expecting to be let off if you apologise to the dead man's mum."
Although calls for Clarkson to be sacked this week have so far gone unheeded, the 54-year old presenter said he would inevitably end up falling foul of the BBC's final warning anyway.
"I've been told by the BBC that if I make one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time, I will be sacked.
"And even the Angel Gabriel would struggle to survive with that hanging over his head.
"It's inevitable that one day, someone, somewhere will say that I've offended them, and that will be that.
"The BBC will take my gun and badge and I'll be out of the door with a bin liner full of nothing but a few mementos."
The corporation had said in a statement: "We have made it absolutely clear to him the standards the BBC expects on-air and off."