Richard Hammond, a presenter on the BBC show "Top Gear," made controversial remarks about Mexico in 2011, characterizing Mexicans as "lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat" when discussing the Mastretta, a Mexican sports car. These comments sparked outrage, leading Mexico's ambassador to the UK to demand an apology from the BBC, calling the remarks "offensive, xenophobic and humiliating". The BBC later issued an apology, though it noted that jokes based on national stereotyping were part of British national humor. The controversy was widely covered and criticized as an example of inappropriate stereotyping on television.