By The BBC Radio 2 DJ has emerged as the bookmakers' favourite to replace Jeremy Clarkson on the BBC Two show, should he leave permanently following his suspension yesterday (March 10).
Re @SkyNews Top Gear debate. I can categorically say I am not and will NEVER be running for office. Pls discount my candidacy. .
ā Chris Evans (@achrisevans) March 11, 2015
In response to a Twitter user stating that they'd never watch Top Gear again if he took over, he said: "Don't worry your little self. Never going to happen. Calm down and carry on."
Clarkson was suspended after recently getting into a "fracas" with a Top Gear producer.
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Three remaining episodes of the current series have been indefinitely removed from the schedules.
Clarkson has joked about the suspension on Twitter, while over 400,000 of his fans have now signed a petition calling for his reinstatement at the time of writing.
