Cape Town - Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have raised eyebrows after making a joke apparently about Oscar Pistorius while performing in Johannesburg.
According to MailOnline, the trio reportedly made the joke during their Clarkson, Hammond and May Live show earlier this month. Footage of the incident has been posted on YouTube.
The footage shows Clarkson accidentally shooting an audience member with a paintball gun.
As the victim is led away for treatment, Clarkson admits: “I thought he was a burglar.” May then replies: “Was that a member of the audience you just shot in the bathroom, no, then it can't have been a burglar then, can it?”
The audience can then be heard laughing.
People on Twitter have called the joke vile, insensitive and “in bad taste”.
undefinedPistorius is serving a five-year sentence after Judge Thokozile Masipa found him guilty of culpable homicide following the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The paralympian shot Steenkamp dead through a locked bathroom door at his home in Pretoria on Valentine's Day in 2013, claiming he mistook her for a burglar.
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