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Jeremy Clarkson Accused of Using the N-Word, Says It's Not True

The Daily Mirror has recently run a story saying Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has used the infamous n-word in a video on how to chose between the Toyota GT 86 and Subaru BRZ.
Jeremy Clarkson apparently said the n-word 1 photo
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The Mirror's editors say that digital forensic analysts who were hired by them have found that Clarkson actually mumble the word n****r during the scene, referring to a backup take that doesn't actually seem like it released on air.

The scene is from Top Gear Searies 19, episode 3. A favorite around the office, itt's pretty famous with petrolheads everywhere for the take where he makes an idiotic face (photo above) while driving and the one where he drifts the Toyota while reading a book.

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a teacher by his toe, when he squeals let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe.” – that's the way we heard it in the official version of the video, a copy of which we found dating to February 2013.

But the version The Mirror released is different and they are basing their story on an older version of the rhyme that dates back to 1888 when American school children used a more racist version. Naturally, people are asking for Clarkson to be sacked from the impartial and politically correct British Broadcasting Network.

We're not sure the video is not fabricated, so we'd hold of on the pitchforks and torches for now. Jeremy denies he ever used the racist term in a recent post on his very famous Twitter account:



A copy of the video that actually aired:
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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