--- title: Jeremy Clarkson Settles 'Top Gear' Dispute, Apologizes description: “I would like to say sorry, once again … for the incident and its regrettable aftermath,” he said in a statement canonical: https://time.com/4235216/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-apology-producer-settle-dispute/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-24T12:51:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:19:26.478Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jeremy Clarkson Settles Dispute With 'Top Gear' Producer og:description: “I would like to say sorry … for the incident and its regrettable aftermath" og:url: https://time.com/4235216/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-apology-producer-settle-dispute/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52427163a8b9fd12/69887ee8a988ca36d96b6b92/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-producer-dispute-settle-apology.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jeremy Clarkson Apologies to Top Gear Producer and Settles Dispute og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeremy Clarkson Settles Dispute With 'Top Gear' Producer twitter:description: “I would like to say sorry … for the incident and its regrettable aftermath" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52427163a8b9fd12/69887ee8a988ca36d96b6b92/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-producer-dispute-settle-apology.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeremy Clarkson Apologizes to _Top Gear_ Producer After Settling Dispute  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Feb 24, 2016 12:51 PM UTC  Jeremy Clarkson arriving at the Sun Military Awards, in London on Jan. 22., 2016. Jeremy Clarkson arriving at the Sun Military Awards, in London on Jan. 22., 2016.Dominic Lipinski—PA Wire/PA Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Feb 24, 2016 12:51 PM UTC Former _Top Gear_ host Jeremy Clarkson has settled a suit from a producer who accused of him of [assault and racial discrimination](http://time.com/4111395/jeremy-clarkson-racial-discrimination/) following an incident last March. The BBC did not renew Clarkson’s contract for the long-running automotive show after the alleged attack on producer Oisin Tymon. The incident came after Clarkson was reportedly offered a plate of cold food instead of a steak after a day’s filming, [the _Guardian_ reports](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/13/jeremy-clarkson-bbc-sued-racial-discrimination-top-gear-oisin-tymon). Though [details of the settlement](http://variety.com/2016/tv/global/jeremy-clarkson-legal-dispute-former-top-gear-producer-1201713645/) have not been made public, _Variety_ and others claimed it was a six-figure sum. Clarkson, who is [developing a new car program for Amazon Prime](http://time.com/4024280/netflix-top-gear-jeremy-clarkson/) with former _Top Gear_ hosts, also issued an apology. “I would like to say sorry, once again, to Oisin Tymon for the incident and its regrettable aftermath,” he said in a statement. “I want to reiterate that none of this was in any way his fault. I would also like to make it clear that the abuse he has suffered since the incident is unwarranted and I am sorry too that he has had to go through that. I am pleased that this matter is now resolved. Oisin was always a creatively exciting part of ‘Top Gear,’ and I wish him every success with his future projects.” \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2016/tv/global/jeremy-clarkson-legal-dispute-former-top-gear-producer-1201713645/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4235216/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-apology-producer-settle-dispute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4235216/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-apology-producer-settle-dispute/"},"headline":"Jeremy Clarkson Apologizes to Top Gear Producer After Settling Dispute","datePublished":"2016-02-24T12:51:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:19:26.478Z","description":"“I would like to say sorry, once again … for the incident and its regrettable aftermath,” he said in a statement","url":"https://time.com/4235216/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-apology-producer-settle-dispute/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52427163a8b9fd12/69887ee8a988ca36d96b6b92/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-producer-dispute-settle-apology.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52427163a8b9fd12/69887ee8a988ca36d96b6b92/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-producer-dispute-settle-apology.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jeremy Clarkson Apologies to Top Gear Producer and Settles Dispute","caption":"Jeremy Clarkson Apologies to Top Gear Producer and Settles Dispute","creditText":"Dominic Lipinski—PA Wire/PA Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4235216/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-apology-producer-settle-dispute/","name":"Jeremy Clarkson Apologizes to Top Gear Producer After Settling Dispute"}}]}] ```