Jeremy Clarkson refused chance to resume Top Gear role and vows never to return
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he refused point blank to resume his role as host of Top Gear after being given the opportunity to do so by the BBC last week, vowing never to return to the hit show instead.
Citing comparisons made between him and peadophile DJ Jimmy Saville by an unnamed BBC exec Clarkson said ‘too much had gone on’ for him to make a surprise comeback.
Speaking to The Sun Clarkson said: “I had a meeting with a BBC executive last week and they asked if I’d come back to Top Gear.
“But it was never an option, even with the one million people signing the Bring Back Clarkson petition - for which I was extremely humbled. Too much has gone on.”
“After I’d been compared to Jimmy Savile by someone from the BBC and it was splashed all over a Sunday newspaper, how could I go back? The spotlight would have been on me and the show would end up being neutered.
“It would be difficult to do anything without interference. It would have been impossible to make the show I’d want to make.”
Clarkson is believed to be pursuing a Netflix deal alongside Top Gear co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May with Chris Evans taking his place on the BBC’s re-launched Top Gear.