Nelson Mandela Mistakenly Thinks Jeremy Clarkson An Astronaut
While the Geneva Auto Show may be stealing the world’s attention with exotic supercars and crazy concepts, another, perhaps more important, automotive story developed on Monday in South Africa. During a brief meeting regarding the upcoming series of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May were thought to be English astronauts by South African president Nelson Mandela.
Needless to say, when Clarkson revealed that the closest he had been to space was a brief brush with a homemade Reliant Robin space shuttle, there was a bit of confusion.
“This was tricky. I couldn’t say that we made a pokey television program about cars because then he might wonder what on earth we were doing wasting his valuable time,” Clarkson said.
We just hope that the awkward moment that had to have followed was documented by Top Gear cameras…
