BBC Television has suspended one of its biggest stars for reportedly punching a producer. Reporters say Jeremy Clarkson, 54, the presenter of the hugely popular programme Top Gear, got into a fight with the producer, Oisin Tymon. There was an argument about the lack of food available after filming one of the shows. Mr Clarkson supposedly got angry with Mr Tymon over this and hit him. The BBC immediately suspended the show's host and announced they would not broadcast the next two programmes. Clarkson is so popular worldwide that an online petition started, calling for the BBC to "reinstate" him. So far, more than 400,000 people have signed it.
有報道稱英國電視節(jié)目頭號主持人因涉嫌毆打制片人而遭到停職。記者稱杰瑞米·克拉克森今年54歲,他是Top Gear電視節(jié)目的金牌主持人,報道稱他曾經毆打制片人Oisin Tymon。其原因是在錄制完電視節(jié)目之后沒有提供供給充足的食物而產生爭執(zhí)??死松痛耸孪蛱┟上壬l(fā)火,并動手打了他。英國廣播公司立刻將其停職,并稱他們將不再主持之后的兩個節(jié)目??死松谌虻闹群芨?,這使得網上出現了許多為他請愿的影迷,并希望BBC能讓他恢復原職。目前,超過40萬人參加了請愿活動。
One of Mr Clarkson's co-presenters, James May, did not think the incident was so serious. He told BBC News: "I think [Clarkson has] been involved in a bit of a dust-up and I don't think it's that serious." Mr Clarkson joked with reporters yesterday. They asked him where he was going as he got into his car. He said hewas going to the job centre. Clarkson also retweeted a message from a fan to his 4.5 million Twitter followers. It read: "How can the BBC not show the remaining episodes of Top Gear? Can't this be resolved without making the fans suffer?" The show is broadcast in over 200 countries. Over 350 million people watch it. Clarkson has a history of making racist comments about other nationalities.
克拉克森的協(xié)同主持人詹姆斯·梅認為這起事件沒有那么嚴重。他在接受BBC新聞采訪時說:“我認為克拉克森只是卷入到了一場紛爭之中,并沒有那么嚴重。”克拉克森昨天還與記者開玩笑。他們問他他那天開車去哪。他說他要去工作中心。克拉克森還向4500萬粉絲轉發(fā)了一名粉絲的推特。上面說到:“BBC怎們能夠不把Top Gear播完呢?在不影響觀眾的情況下,我們能否將事情解決?”這一節(jié)目在全球200多個國家播出。觀眾超過了3億5000萬人??死松泴ζ渌麌野l(fā)表過帶有種族歧視色彩的言論。