Top Gear’s fate is still swinging in Purgatory as the BBC works on their final decision regarding presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s job after an altercation with a producer. And nobody is making any part of the waiting process any easier. From the start this was going to shape up into a big showdown between the outspoken host and the BBC, who has many people in high ranks who actively detest Clarkson and want him removed…one of which might have been the individual who, speaking to the Daily Mirror, compared Clarkson to child predator and entertainer Jimmy Savile. With any luck the BBC will drop their decision this week, as promised, but for now, here’s some updates:

1. Clarkson finally blew off some steam at an auction

And when I say “blew off some steam”, what I mean to say is “he let the crowd know exactly what the **** he is feeling about the whole situation”. At an auction for a chance to ride in a LaFerrari with Nick Mason of Pink Floyd around the Top Gear test track,  Clarkson decided that he would offer up a chance to ride with him at the wheel for a final lap on the track as well, and offered up some choice words that, the next day, he said were “all in jest”, meant to drum up bids for the ride-along. Partially understandable, but when you say things such as “It was a great show and they f***ed it up, so tonight’s the night when you’ve got the opportunity to… I’ll be a bit tearful when I do it, but f**k it, let’s do it. I didn’t foresee my sacking, but I would like to do one last lap. So I’ll go down to Surrey and I’ll do one last lap of that track before the f***ing bastards sack me” when you’re in the middle of a BBC investigation has to be the most ill-advised thing ever. Clarkson later told press that his lawyer read him the riot act and that he is, effectively, on a gag agreement with his lawyer until all of this is done and over with. Whoops.

2. Clarkson has supporters, but these three names stand out:

Piers Morgan, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, and Snoop Dogg. Sounds like the strangest joke of all time, right? All three have voiced their support of Clarkson. Cameron said to the BBC, “Because he is such a huge talent and he amuses and entertains so many people, including my children, who’d be heartbroken if Top Gear was taken off air, I hope this can be sorted out, because it’s a great programme and he’s a great talent. Every organ has to be free to manage its talent. I don’t want to interfere in the running of the BBC. I hope it can be sorted out.” Snoop Dogg, the most unlikely fan of Top Gear, telling The Sun, “He isn’t part of Top Gear – he is Top Gear. If they even think about firing him, Britain needs to boycott the BBC until he is reinstated. It doesn’t matter what country I am in, I know if I stick the TV on in a hotel room then I am gonna get CNN and I am gonna get Top Gear. The reason it is syndicated all over the world is because of Jeremy, and the BBC have gotta get that.”

But the most surprising ally of all is a man who, for all intents and purposes, was Clarkson’s arch-nemesis for years: Piers Morgan. Piers published paparazzi photos showing Clarkson and a BBC executive in a “compromising position”. On the Concorde’s last flight in 2003, Clarkson ripped Piers apart verbally then baptized him with a glass of water. A war of words flurried about, then at the British Press Awards Clarkson punched Morgan in the head. But last year the two hosts sat down in a pub in England and buried the hatchet during a five-hour bender. In his piece to MailOnline, Morgan wrote:

“From what I’ve read, it appears Jeremy behaved like an arrogant, drunken, aggressive oaf and deserves much of the opprobrium that’s crashed down on him. Perhaps even the sack. But I understand, perhaps better than most, the rather particular stresses and strains that come with being a cocky, opinionated, mischievous, polarising TV personality who seeks occasional relief in alcoholic libation.And after our night in the pub together, I sensed that Jeremy’s just like pretty much every other 50-something in life; angst-ridden from damaged relationships, grieving loved ones, irritated by work-related issues, and battling inner demons.

In the kind of ghastly therapy-speak he would ridicule, he’s been struggling to keep all his plates spinning for a while, and every time one crashes to the floor, I suspect he finds it harder to pick up the pieces while simultaneously keep the others spinning. I don’t feel sorry for him, because he wouldn’t want us pitying a multi-millionaire TV star. But I do empathise with him, and I hope he sorts himself out.”