LONDON - Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson on Friday claimed he was offered his old job back just last week.His revelations came just a couple of days after the BBC revealed a new presenting line-up for the internationally popular motor show and, if true, would ask some awkward questions of the show’s bosses.
Clarkson, who was sacked for punching a Top Gear producer in March, told the Sun that returning to the Top Gear role "was never an option"..
Reports suggest Clarkson refused the offer because he was still angry that in the aftermath of the attack on his colleague, an unnamed senior BBC executive compared him to Jimmy Savile, a former TV and radio presenter who was unmasked as a prolific paedophile after his death.
The 55-year-old presenter has also revealed plans for a new motoring show to rival Top Gear, which is set to return to BBC screens next April.
It is anticipated that Clarkson's former co-hosts, James May and Richard Hammond - who decided against returning to the BBC without him - will also join the new venture
He also said that if he had returned, he wouldn’t have been allowed to run the show without outside interference.
In response the BBC simply said Clarkson had not been offered a contract on Top Gear.
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