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Will Young accuses The Grand Tour of homophobic stereotyping

Jeremy Clarkson was mocked for driving a ‘popular car with the gay community’

Will Young has said he plans to report The Grand Tour to Ofcom after Amazon Prime allegedly failed to respond to his accusation that the Jeremy Clarkson vehicle perpetuates homophobic stereotypes.

In the second episode of the show’s third series, broadcast on 25 January, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travel to Colombia. Clarkson is given a Jeep Wrangler to drive. “Isn’t that a very popular car with the gay community?” May asks Clarkson, apparently referencing a 2014 Car Talk survey of the models preferred by the LGBT community in which it ranked highly. Clarkson responds: “What is it, lesbian, bacon, transgender?”

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from Culture | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2RVut6n
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