Sunday Times columnist Jeremy Clarkson has apologised “profusely” after he was photographed asleep aboard an aircraft beside an offensive hand-drawn message The Top Gear host was sleeping on board the aircraft with his co-host James May in the background. A third individual held up a white card sign with an arrow pointed towards Clarkson with the message “gay c***” scrawled across it. More than 2.8 million people follow Clarkson on Twitter and the message was soon retweeted.