Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at his former Top Gear co-host James May, insisting he knows nothing about farming.
The television presenter, 62, who appears on The Grand Tour with James, 60, has his own farm in Oxfordshire called Diddly Squat, which his TV show Clarkson’s Farm is based on.
In 2021, James branded farming ‘big gardening’ after he was asked if would join Jeremy on his farm to lend a helping hand.
And it appears Jeremy was rubbed up the wrong way when James took to Twitter recently to mock farm produce.
He wrote: ‘Is all that sourdough and spelt b**lox over yet? I fancy a piece of bread,’ to which Jeremy spat back: ‘Oh do f**k off.’
Unimpressed: Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has hit out at his former Top Gear co-host James May, 60, insisting he knows nothing about farming
Bold words: In 2021, James branded farming ‘big gardening’ after he was asked if would join Jeremy on his farm to lend a helping hand
Shaken: It appears Jeremy was rubbed up the wrong way when James took to Twitter recently to mock farm produce
After some of their followers branded Jeremy ‘harsh’ for his reaction, the broadcaster doubled down.
He tweeted: ‘James is not a man who understands this kind of thing. He likes Spam.’
Jeremy added to another person: ‘James is not across the problems of farming.’
When another social media user told Jeremy he wasn’t being ‘very nice’, the screen star responded: ‘He called farming “big gardening”. He’s not a man we can trust on the subject.’
When asked in 2021 if he would appear on an episode of the Amazon Prime Video series Clarkson’s Farm, James said: ‘I don’t want to do farming myself because I think that farming is just big gardening, and gardening is one of the things I don’t do at home.’
It comes after Jeremy confirmed there will be a third series of Clarkson’s Farm.
The show returned for a second series on Amazon Prime Video earlier this month, but the future of the programme had been subject to speculation after Jeremy wrote in a newspaper column that he ‘hated’ Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
But after a fan tweeted Jeremy to say they ‘loved’ the second series and ‘can’t wait’ for a second season ‘if there is one’, he replied: ‘There is one.’
Standing strong: After some of their followers branded Jeremy ‘harsh’ for his reaction, the broadcaster doubled down
Last month, Jeremy revealed he emailed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to apologise over his controversial column.
He sparked outrage in December when he wrote in his page for The Sun newspaper that he was ‘dreaming of the day’ Meghan would be forced to ‘parade naked through the streets’ while crowds threw excrement and shouted ‘shame’ at the duchess, with his own daughter Emily among his critics.
Jeremy previously said he was ‘horrified to have caused so much hurt’ and vowed to be more careful in future’, asking The Sun to remove the column – the most complained about ever – from their website.
But in January, he issued a more lengthy apology and revealed he contacted the royal couple directly.
He wrote on Instagram: ‘Usually, I read what I’ve written to someone else before filing, but I was home alone on that fateful day, and in a hurry. So when I’d finished, I just pressed Send. And then, when the column appeared the next day, the landmine exploded.
Honest: When asked in 2021 if he would appear Clarkson’s Farm, James said: ‘I don’t want to do farming myself because I think that farming is just big gardening’ (Jeremy pictured on his farm)
Back again: It comes after Jeremy confirmed there will be a third series of Clarkson’s Farm after it returned to Amazon Prime Video for a second season this month
Controversial: The future of the programme had been subject to speculation after Jeremy wrote in a newspaper column that he ‘hated’ Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex
‘I therefore wrote to everyone who works with me saying how sorry I was and then, on Christmas morning, I e-mailed Harry and Meghan in California to apologise to them too.
‘I said I was baffled by what they had been saying on TV but that the language I’d used in my column was disgraceful and that I was profoundly sorry.
‘Over the last 30 years, I have written very nearly 5,000 newspaper and magazine columns, so it was inevitable that, one day, I’d do a Harry Kane and sky one of the damn things. Which is what happened with the piece about Meghan.’
Jeremy admitted he ‘felt sick’ when he read his column for the first time and thinks he made the situation worse for himself for failing to add context to his remarks, which referenced a scene from Game of Thrones.
Making amends: Jeremy issued an apology after his column was published and revealed he contacted the royal couple directly (Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex pictured in October 2019)
