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05th Apr 2015

Jeremy Clarkson banned from mentioning his sacking during upcoming live shows

Will he be able to keep his mouth shut?

Tony Cuddihy

Will he be able to keep his mouth shut?

Jeremy Clarkson has agreed not to mention either his Top Gear axeing or the BBC during upcoming live shows with former colleagues Richard Hammond and James May.

More than 100,000 had already booked to see Top Gear live before Clarkson physically abused producer Oisín Tymon and was subsequently dropped from the TV show.

The roadshow has now been rebranded as Clarkson, Hammond and May Live and the show will start in Belfast on May 22nd before moving on to Sheffield, South Africa, Australia, Norway and back to London in November.

A source told the Sunday People: “Jeremy, James and Richard agreed to the terms put to them to let the shows go ahead in a good spirit. They were ­desperate not to let the fans down.

“Part of the deal was that neither the BBC nor the Top Gear brand would be brought into disrepute.

“Effectively this meant gagging Jeremy from mentioning what had gone on. But he agreed to comply.”

Whether he follows through is another thing…

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