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The Welsh want to kill Top Gear presenters because they can’t take a joke

Forget about the Mexicans…Death threats have been directed at TV’s Top Gear loudmouths after they made fun of the Welsh.

James May disclosed that he, along with co-stars Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, received the threats.

An apology from the BBC was issued after the show referred to Mexicans as ‘lazy, feckless, flatulent, and overweight’.

However, May, 48, mentioned that this backlash paled in comparison to the response they got when they urged drivers to speed on Welsh country roads, joking that ‘no one wants to live there’.

He stated, “It’s not the Mexicans we need to be cautious of…it’s the Welsh. They were truly offended.”

“We got numerous death threats directed at us. People shouldn’t take our words too seriously.”

The presenters have previously made several jokes at the expense of the Welsh. Clarkson, 50, remarked, “The issue with France is that, similar to Wales, it’s a beautiful country marred by its inhabitants.”

He once microwaved a map of Wales, causing it to explode, and then quipped, “I included Wales because Scotland wouldn’t fit.”

He also made a comment about the Welsh language, stating, “It’s English without vowels,” whereas May described it as “baffling and even dangerous.”

Other nations haven’t escaped the trio’s critique either. Clarkson labeled all American cars as “rubbish,” called a French car a “cheese-eating, surrender monkey,” and even made a mock Nazi salute while discussing a German-made BMW Mini.

Following the latest controversy, Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, the Mexican ambassador to Britain, condemned their remarks as “xenophobic” and “humiliating.”

In response, the BBC stated, “The presenters frequently joke about perceived characteristics of nationalities while discussing cars from those countries. Mexico was not uniquely targeted.”

by Sasha Dubronitz

 

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