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Jessica Sansome

ITV boss gives Jeremy Clarkson Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? job update after 'awful' Meghan Markle column

ITV's boss has spoken out on Jeremy Clarkson's position on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? following backlash to his 'awful' Meghan Markle comments. The former Top Gear presenter has come under fire over his recent column for The Sun newspaper.

Clarkson, 62, said he feels "hate" for Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and dreams of seeing her publicly humiliated. The newspaper column has since become the Independent Press Standards Organisation’s (Ipso) most complained-about article, the regulator said on Tuesday (December 20).

Ipso said the piece, which was removed from The Sun’s website on Monday at Clarkson's request, had received more than 17,500 complaints as of 9am on Tuesday – rising to 20,800 by 5pm. At the time of writing a fresh update on the number of complaints hadn't been shared.

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