Note to Jeremy Clarkson

[Marymaymay]

Note to Jeremy Clarkson - I have just checked with my husband who was diagnosed with cancer age 27 and told he had a 50/50 chance of living if he had ever punched someone in the face because of this. The answer was no.

I asked him again if following the operation and subsequent treatment which left him unable to walk long distances or up and down stairs, surf, run or do most of the physical things that he loved so much had ever made him want to punch someone in the face. He said no.

I then asked him if the subsequent stays in hospital due to infection and ongoing treatment now, 8 years later plus the disfigurement of his leg from where a tumour the size if a rugby ball was removed have ever made him even think about punching someone in the face. Again the answer was no.

I finally asked him if having to go through and pay for fertility treatment for a longed for child because of his cancer has made him ever want to punch someone in the face. I'm sure you can guess the answer.

So Jeremy, please think twice before using cancer as an excuse for your boorish, loutish behaviour.

There are people all over the world suffering from a cancer diagnosis who have never even considered punching someone in the face over a cold meat platter. Man up.

It's vile. I've had cancer and I've never hit anyone.

I can't believe that he has the cheek to use a cancer 'scare' as an excuse. Learn to deal with your anger and aggression, mate.

Yup, heard this today. I had breast cancer last year and I used it as an excuse for NOTHING.

The guy has lost his home, his wife and his job. lay off him, he knows he messed up.

He has brought so much fun and laughter to some of our saddest family days, and Top Gear was something all generations could sit down ans enjoy together.

I'll always be grateful.

I've had biopsies and worried about the outcome, got the all clear both times. Didn't give me anger management issues.

I agree, made me really angry that after all the crap he has done he wants us to feel sorry for him losing his job.

Didn't think he had used it as an excuse. It was just published as part of something else and happened to be two days before. Thought it was the press who had linked the two events?

May have misread though.

What are you on about Charis, hes a knob

Yes, as long as someone brings fun and laughter to people watching Telly, he should be able to punch colleagues.

oh boo fucking hoo charis! He did this to himself! He acted like a spoiled child and is paying for it now, he ain't no special snowflake.

"lost his wife" - he had a long running affair
"lost his home" - he's got enough money to buy whatever he wants

His shit has been caused by his own behaviour. He needs to grow up and take responsibility for himself.

Apparently he's still smoking, not that stressed then.

Yy cancer here too

Wish I'd known I could have hit someone

Oh dear. An AIBU about JC again. This won't go well.

No, he shouldn't be allowed to punch people, and should be charged with assault if he has committed assault. This would be the best way of drawing a line under the whole situation, for him as much as anyone else.

You don't have to like him, but you do have to admit that many people have thoroughly enjoyed his work for many years, as have I and my teenage sons, even after a bereavement he made us laugh.

We came across him in real life once, and I can assure you much of the nobbishness is just a tv persona, for entertainment.

I wish him all the best, and i don't like seeing him attacked when he is at a pretty low ebb.

theboov, there is a huge difference between a home and a property. he has also recently lost his mother.

Don't kick a guy when he is down.

Agree with all of the above. He's a poor little sausage.

aw bless jezzer

All I'm saying is, don't use cancer as an excuse for violence. It's embarrassing and insulting to those who have gone through it.

I'm not sure he is using it as an excuse, more a reason. He does say "But everyone has stressful days, and they manage to cope better than I had."

I'm not kicking anyone. If you have a long-running affair, of your own doing, you can't complain when your marriage breaks down. It's not rocket science. I know people who have lost their homes and been bereaved in a short period of time and they would have lost their jobs if they had hit somebody.
I think the man needs help with his anger management. That's not kicking him!
As someone who has actually had cancer and suffered horrible consequences which will be life-long, I am seriously pissed off this morning to find a massive PR campaign for a rich successful man blaming his bad behaviour on a 'scare'.
He's an adult and he needs to take responsibility for his behaviour. And take help.

agree OP.

Yes, because everyone should deal with difficult things in exactly the same way as your husband.

Obviously JC was wrong to do what he did, and a valid excuse doesn't exist, but I don't think he's using it as an excuse, he's just telling people where his mind was at at the time of the punch because the pubic are interested.

He's paying the price for his mistake, why the need to keep sticking the boot in? Not that I'd expect him to give a shiny shit about this thread, but I think it says something fairly negative about a person who uses this 'a similar Bad Thing happened to me and I didn't do xyz' as if theirs is the only acceptable reaction.

Didn't post fast enough. What a piece of crap he is. Trying to get sympathy with a non cancer story

Ici - if you've printed it in a newspaper circulated to millions of people in order to save your reputation, it's an excuse.

Apparently he's still smoking, not that stressed then.

No, because no one ever smokes when they're stressed do they? The most stressful and difficult times in a persons life are the perfect opportunity to try and break a highly addictive habit, right?

Morning all
Trust you're all enjoying the spring sunshine
Realise that this is AIBU and it's concerning JC... BUT just a minor request for a bit of peace and love
Thanks ever so
MNHQ