James May has slammed Jeremy Clarkson’s comments about Meghan Markle as “creepy”.
But Jezza’s Grand Tour co-host sees no reason why the show should not continue.
May, 60, was asked about Creepy Clarkson’s controversial words last month.
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He said: “Yes I wouldn’t have written that. It sounds a little bit too creepy.
“But I’m also very much in favour of free speech and allowing the haters to hate, so we can see what they have to say.”
And he added: “I don’t think Grand Tour is under threat.
“To be brutally honest I didn’t read the thing because I was away – is that a terrible thing to say?
“Somebody pointed out to me he said something like, ‘All people my age think the same way.’
“Well I’d like to go on the record and I don’t – and I’m only a couple of years younger than him.”
Clarkson attacked Meghan in a newspaper column last month, in which he said he “hated” the former princess.
The former Top Gear presenter also wrote that he wanted the Duchess of Sussex to be “paraded naked through the streets” where he “dreams of people throwing lumps of excrement at her”.
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The piece sparked a huge backlash, with even the telly host’s daughter Emily condemning his words.
It quickly became the press regulator IPSO’s most complained about piece ever, receiving more than 25,000 reports.
Clarkson has apologised for his outburst, saying he had “put my foot in it” and was “horrified to have caused so much hurt”.
The royal pair slammed his apology, saying the column was part of “a series of articles shared in hate”.
Clarkson, whose apology was posted on Instagram, wrote: “One of the strange things I’ve noticed in recent times is that whenever an MP or a well-known person is asked to apologise for something, no matter how heartfelt or profound that apology may be, it’s never enough for the people who called for it in the first place.”
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Clarkson claimed he felt “sick” to see the “horrible” story in print.
“I’d been thinking of the scene in Game of Thrones, but I’d forgotten to mention this,” Clarkson explained. “So it looked like I was actually calling for revolting violence to rain down on Meghan’s head.”
The series, which will follow another year in the life of Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, sees Clarkson return as the amateur farmer with big ideas.
Clarkson said he was “mortified” and “angry with myself” following the publication of his piece.
“I’m just not sexist and I abhor violence against women,” he wrote. “And yet I seem to be advocating just that.”
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