Amanda Owen's husband quits Channel 5 show as son 'doesn't want me on his hands'
Clive Owen has quit his spinoff show to Our Yorkshire Farm, as he admits his son Reuben "doesn't want me on his hands".
The TV farmer starred in Beyond The Yorkshire Farm following the breakdown of his marriage to shepherdess Amanda Owen.
Clive had starred in three episodes of the spin off show alongside his eldest son Reuben.
The Channel 5 show was broadcast in December following the cancellation of Our Yorkshire Farm, which had shot Clive and Amanda to fame.
Clive has now revealed he is stepping back from the show, letting his son go it alone but hasn't ruled out future TV work.
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Clive and his eldest son starred on Beyond the Yorkshire Farm together (Renegade)"We've done this thing with Reuben, it's been great fun working with him. Cos he's crazy too, so we've had a grand time doing it," he said on Lorraine.
"I think I'm stepping back from that now. I think he's gonna go on on his own. Because he doesn't want me on his hands.
"So, I have no plans to do anything in particular, but you never know, someone might be daft enough to ask me."
The programme followed Clive and Reuben as they set up a digging business in the Yorkshire Dales.
Despite Clive's announcement, Channel 5 are yet to announce a second series of the show.
The programme attracted 1.8M viewers and was a solid hit for the channel.
It massively outperformed Amanda Owen's new show, Farming Lives, which attracted about 600,000 viewers for More 4.
Amanda and Clive split last summer following their Our Yorkshire Farm success (ANL/REX/Shutterstock)Clive has recently blamed Our Yorkshire Farm, for causing the pair to split.
He explained to Christine Lampard, who was standing in for Lorraine Kelly, that he struggled with jealousy and admits he handled the success of the show very badly, "ranting, raving and drinking".
"We filmed Our Yorkshire Farm, people loved it and it was an opportunity to make something as a family. That was what drove her. It was amazing and very successful but I handled it very badly," he admitted.
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"It was such a change in our lives and I sadly made a right mess of things basically. I had a massive part to play in the relationship ending. A massive part to play. I was ranting and raving and drinking and carrying on. I don't know – jealousy."
The Our Yorkshire Farm stars split last summer after 21 years together and share nine children.
It has recently been reported that Amanda has subsequently moved on with businessman Robert Davies, who she has known for five years.
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