Chris Evans has apologised after a Top Gear stunt was performed close to a London war memorial.
Apparently, Matt LeBlanc performed donuts near the Cenotaph on Whitehall, a former British military commander, Col Richard Kemp, has called for the footage to 'not be broadcast' as it was 'disrespectful'. He was interviewed by Stephen Nolan on BBC Radio 5 Live.
He compared to Cenotaph to a graveyard, and said it "does not need to have people screaming around in cars and generating smoke from their tyres all over it".
Advert
He added: "People like Matt LeBlanc and other stars of Top Gear could never give to this country, or their own country, what those who have died fighting for it have given and I think a degree of respect is due to them."
Evans apologised during his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show. He said: "They look entirely disrespectful, which of course was not and would never be the intention of the Top Gear team, or Matt.
"The images on the front pages of the papers today - it doesn't matter what actually happened - what is important is what these images look like.
Advert
"It does not look good at all. There have been some completely incendiary comments written alongside these pictures and I completely understand all this furore, but the Top Gear team would never, ever, do that.
"Retrospectively it was unwise to be anywhere near the Cenotaph with this motorcar."
BBC News reported that a Top Gear spokesperson claimed that filming had been agreed with Westminster Council in advance. They also claimed that photographs of the incident made it look like filming had taken place closer than it had in reality.
Featured Image Credit: