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I haven't read any "conflicting reports"... it seems that the facts have been laid out pretty clearly:

The 3 presenters were at a bar having drinks, and arrived back at the hotel after the hotel restaurant had closed. They were left a cold plate of sandwiches or something, and Clarkson went into a fit, screaming and swearing and eventually punching a producer, then continued to scream and yell at him loud enough that it was heard throughout the hotel. The producer went to the Dr for a fat, bloodied lip.

Clarkson tried to apologize several times over the coming days, but when it was coldly received, he himself went to the BBC... partly because it became apparent that the show's staff was pissed about the incident.

I love Top Gear and think Clarkson is a fantastic host and TV personality, but those are the actions of an entitled bully. A funny, engaging one that we'd all like to have a beer with, but a bully just the same.

If that was something Kanye West did, most of you would be talking about this completely differently.

I really don't see how the BBC could have done anything OTHER than let him go.