Jeremy Clarkson has come under fire again, this time for his comments about "people with growths on their faces" on last weekend's Top Gear.
In what is becoming an almost weekly occurrence, the 52-year-old has attracted the ire of a charity over remarks made on the motoring show.
In last Sunday's Top Gear, Clarkson likened a new model of a Japanese car with a bulky attachment on the rear to "really ugly" growth.
He also suggested that people "wouldn't talk to [the car] at a party", and then did an impression of the Elephant Man.
James Partridge, the chief executive of charity Changing Faces, said that Clarkson's comments help fuel a "culture of ridicule and bullying" against people with unusual facial features.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Partridge said: "Mocking people with a disfigurement, a facial growth in this case, is irresponsible and extremely offensive.
"People with disfigurements experience discrimination and bullying which occasionally includes violence."
Changing Faces has not written to media regulator Ofcom and the BBC about the comments. It is understood that the corporation has also received 55 complaints about the edition of Top Gear.
A BBC spokesman confirmed that there were no plans to edit Clarkson's comments about growths from the programme, which was repeated last night.
The motoring show has caused offence to numerous groups in recent months, including a complaint from the Indian High Commission about the "tasteless" Christmas special in the Sub Continent.
Clarkson also attracted more than 31,000 complaints to the BBC last year after claiming that striking public sector workers should be shot in an appearance on The One Show. Ofcom is current investigating the programme after receiving more than 800 complaints.
Meanwhile, Clarkson has reportedly turned down an offer of a tour of the Isle of Sheppey, which was extended by a local MP after the TV star described it as a "caravan site" populated mostly by illegal immigrants.
