Jeremy Clarkson hits out at Top Gear co-host James May for his farming comments
Jeremy Clarkson has hit out at his good friend and former Top Gear co-host James May for his comments on farming.
The pair, alongside Richard Hammond, were the face of the popular BBC magazine show between 2003 and 2015 until Jeremy's contract was not renewed.
The trio were soon back working together on Amazon Prime Video under a new motoring series called The Grand Tour, which has flourished since debuting in 2016.
Clarkson, Hammond and May are renown for their comradery between one another but appears that the latter has got under the skin of Jeremy with his comments about farming in 2021.
Jeremy and James, alongside Richard Hammond, have worked together onscreen for the last 20 years (INSTAGRAM)Jeremy has turned his hand to agriculture in his new Amazon Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm, which has earned rave reviews following the two seasons of his docuseries on the streaming network.
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The series documents the former Top Gear host's attempts at running his 1,000 acre 'Diddly Squat' farm in a sleepy village in the Cotswolds.
In 2021, James was asked if he would give his longtime co-presenter a hand on his farm, to which he replied: "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'."
Jeremy referenced the comments in a number of tweets earlier this month after James mocked farm produce on the social media platform.
Jermy has his own farm in the Cotswolds - Diddly Squat (Amazon Prime Video)James wrote: "Is all that sourdough and spelt b****x over yet? I fancy a piece of bread." Jeremy clapped back: "Oh do f**k off."
The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host doubled down on his criticism of James in response to other Twitter users.
He said: "James is not a man who understands this kind of thing. He likes Spam," while replying to another fan: "James is not across the problems of farming."
Jeremy added: "He called farming 'big gardening'. He’s not a man we can trust on the subject."
Docuseries Clarkson's Farm has been a huge success on Amazon Prime (Instagram)The second season of Clarkson's Farm has broken new records for Amazon Prime after it became one of the most watched shows after it was released last week.
The platform revealed 4.3million viewers watched the second season of the farming reality show, making it Amazon's highest rated show since the company began reporting viewing figures in November 2021.
The figures for Clarkson's adventures at Diddly Squat Farm even beat The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power which reached 3.2million viewers when it was released last year. The show was also watched by more viewers than Love Island and the Brit Awards.
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