Carol Vorderman received “a lot of abuse” after criticising Jeremy Clarkson’s now infamous column on Meghan Markle.
Former Top Gear host Clarkson, 62, was widely criticised after The Sun published his thoughts on the Duchess of Sussex in which he said he dreamt of the day 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.”
In response to Friday’s article – which has since been removed at Clarkson’s request after amassing more than 20,000 IPSO complaints – 61-year old Vorders tweeted: “NO Jeremy Clarkson. Not on any level, in any circumstance, is it ok to write this stuff about any woman.”
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She continued: “And absolutely NO to ‘everyone who’s my age thinks the same’. No no no.
“We absolutely do NOT think the same. Listen to the noise Jeremy. The crowds are chanting ‘shame on YOU’.”
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Since then Carol has remained vocal on Twitter regarding the matter, opening up about the backlash she has received.
Earlier she wrote: “The Clarkson Effect. I’ve received a lot of abuse obvs, but it’s like watching the last death throes of a dinosaur age. Sad souls who are angry at new thought, at equality, at kindness. BUT this chapter has also brought the calm, normally silent, people together. We fight on.”
Clarkson, meanwhile, labelled his original comments as “clumsy”, stopping short of a direct apology.
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“Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it.” he said. “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.”
Carol also stated that the trolling comments equated to around 10% of the responses she had received.
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“After getting thousands of comments about a subject which riles the trolls, they still made up ONLY 10% of responses,” she revealed.
“The GOOD PEOPLE, who are usually silent but now speaking out, are the 90% MAJORITY #Together Oh I do love a number. Sending love & thanks.”
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