Jeremy Clarkson, British tabloid columnist Sun Known for years for his provocative outings, he sparked heated controversy after a scathing column against Meghan Markle, in which he said he dreamed of seeing a crowd throw excrement on the Duchess of Sussex.
Meghan Markle, “I hate her. (…) At night, I can’t sleep and I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she will parade naked through the streets of every city in the United Kingdom, while the crowd will shout ‘Shame!’ and throw feces at it,” Jeremy Clarkson wrote in the article published Friday.
This column was published the day after Netflix aired the last chapters of the documentary Harry and Meghan, in which the Sussexes notably accused the press of racism and of having wanted to “destroy” Meghan.
The outraged political class
The columnist with an already sulphurous reputation has drawn a torrent of outraged reactions. From London Mayor Sadiq Khan to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, many have strongly condemned Jeremy Clarkson’s remarks.
Even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacted from Latvia, where he was on a trip, saying that “words are important” when you are a public person. The British press agent (Ipso) said that he had received more than 12,000 complaints.
Deleted item
After several days of a controversy that has not stopped growing, Sun removed the column from its website on Monday afternoon, claiming to do so at the request of its author. Jeremy Clarkson, 62, apologized on Twitter:
“J’ai fait une référence maladroite à (la série) Game of Thrones et cela a été mal pris par de nombreuseuses personnes. Je suis horrifié d’avoir causé tant de peine et je serai plus prudent à l’avenir”, he wrote- The.
In one of the most striking sequences of game of Thronesa female character undergoes “the walk of shame”, during which she is forced to walk the streets naked while people throw trash at her.
This isn’t the first time Jeremy Clarkson has been singled out for outrageous or provocative comments. In 2015, he was kicked out of the show. top team from the BBC after physically and verbally assaulting a producer. Before that, he had already aroused many controversies with sometimes racist outings.
Source: BFM TV
