‘Top Gear’ host says Jeremy Clarkson sacking was ‘bizarre’

Top Gear host Chris Evans has said it is “bizarre” that Jeremy Clarkson was fired for “losing his rag over his dinner” after surviving several prior international incidents unscathed.

Clarkson was suspended and then fired by the BBC after a “fracas” when he punched Top Gear producer Óisín Tymon. The incident occurred after Clarkson was told there was no hot food available after a day of filming.

Asked whether Clarkson deserved to be fired, Evans told GQ magazine: “What is more fascinating is that he went for what he went for, considering what had gone on before. If you look at the chronology of controversy of Top Gear over the last five or six years, it is bizarre that he went for losing his rag over his dinner when there had been international incidents before that.”