article_snippet: The slur came during a show segment which showed hosts Clarkson, Hammond and May looking at a bridge Hammond and May had built over the River Kwai as a local man walked over the River Kwai.
article_snippet: But there's a slope on it," Clarkson said.
article_snippet: Following complaints, the UK's media watchdog, Ofcom, said the use of the word "slope," which is a derogatory term, was offensive and that the episode broke broadcasting rules.
article_snippet: The show's executive producer Andy Wilman said in a statement, that they "[regretted] any offense caused," adding, "when we used the word 'slope' ... the word 'slope was a light-hearted word play joke referencing both the build quality of the bridge and the local Asian man who was crossing it.
article_snippet: I'd actually used the word I was trying to obscure.
article_snippet: It is a word I loathe," Clarkson said.