Top Gear and Clarkson’s Farm star Jeremy Clarkson is taking to social media to apologize for an article he wrote for The Sun about his “hatred” of The Duchess of Sussex following the discharge of the Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan.
The Independent Press Standards Organization obtained over 12,000 complaints over the piece about Meghan Markle. In the aforementioned article, Clarkson wrote: “At night, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her.”
The description of being paraded by the streets references a well-known scene in Season 5 of Game Of Thrones wherein the character Cersei Lannister, portrayed by actress Lena Headey, is pressured to carry out a “walk of atonement” and standers-by pelt her with rocks and excrement whereas chanting “shame.”
The column was condemned by many, together with London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Clarkson’s personal daughter, Emily, on social media.
“What is it about strong, confident women that makes some men so angry they lash out in this way?” one particular person requested on Twitter. “Vile remarks like this are never OK, are not dark humour or banter. They are sick and disgusting and should never have been printed in a paper. Shame on him.”
In the wake of the backlash, Clarkson went to Twitter to apologize. “Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it,” he begins the put up.
Oh expensive. I’ve slightly put my foot in it. In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a careless reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with an ideal many individuals. I’m horrified to have prompted a lot harm and I shall be extra cautious in future.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) December 19, 2022
He continues, “In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people. I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future.”
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