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Argentine ambassador slams Jeremy Clarkson over 'fabricated horror story' of how Top Gear team was attacked while filming | |
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The Argentinian ambassador to the UK has accused Jeremy Clarkson of “fabricating a horror story” in his account of how his Top Gear team was attacked while filming in Tierra del Fuego this month. | The Argentinian ambassador to the UK has accused Jeremy Clarkson of “fabricating a horror story” in his account of how his Top Gear team was attacked while filming in Tierra del Fuego this month. |
Alicia Castro attacked the presenter for constructing a “tale designed to portray Argentines as savages”, and said it is a “malicious mockery” of those who lost their lives in the Falklands War. | Alicia Castro attacked the presenter for constructing a “tale designed to portray Argentines as savages”, and said it is a “malicious mockery” of those who lost their lives in the Falklands War. |
Highlighting Clarkson’s claims in a Sunday Times article that a mob planned to burn the Top Gear team’s cars, she said this “did not actually happen”. | Highlighting Clarkson’s claims in a Sunday Times article that a mob planned to burn the Top Gear team’s cars, she said this “did not actually happen”. |
The ambassador’s comments, in an article for The Independent, will put pressure on the BBC to open a full investigation into the events. | The ambassador’s comments, in an article for The Independent, will put pressure on the BBC to open a full investigation into the events. |
The Top Gear crew fled Argentina after protesters claimed a car registration, “H982 FKL”, was a provocative reference to the Falklands War. Clarkson claimed it was “coincidental” while the show’s executive producer, Andy Wilman, said the team had not noticed the reference. | The Top Gear crew fled Argentina after protesters claimed a car registration, “H982 FKL”, was a provocative reference to the Falklands War. Clarkson claimed it was “coincidental” while the show’s executive producer, Andy Wilman, said the team had not noticed the reference. |
Ms Castro said Clarkson’s mention of the General Belgrano and the 1982 Sun headline “Gotcha!” spoke “volumes about his particular sense of humour and his political and cultural frames of reference”. | Ms Castro said Clarkson’s mention of the General Belgrano and the 1982 Sun headline “Gotcha!” spoke “volumes about his particular sense of humour and his political and cultural frames of reference”. |
Dismissing his contention the crew was attacked because “we were English”, she said 250,000 Britons are “living happily” in Argentina, including a Welsh community “a few miles from where he was”. | Dismissing his contention the crew was attacked because “we were English”, she said 250,000 Britons are “living happily” in Argentina, including a Welsh community “a few miles from where he was”. |
A BBC crew spent 12 days in the region this year filming a fossil discovery, she said. | A BBC crew spent 12 days in the region this year filming a fossil discovery, she said. |
“They were very well received by the entire local community,” Ms Castro added. | “They were very well received by the entire local community,” Ms Castro added. |
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