Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that the amount of traffic to his Diddly Squat Farm shop prevented people from getting to the local health centre for their Covid vaccinations.
The former Top Gear presenter discussed the issue in his new series of Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm, which follows his attempts to run the farm in the Cotswolds. In a preview of the first episode of the new series, seen by The Independent, Clarkson, 62, says the farm shop “turned out to be rather more popular than we’d expected”.
Speaking over footage of large queues, a rammed car park and road traffic, he continues: “Last week, the main road jammed up for three hours. People couldn’t get to be vaccinated at the health centre, and they couldn’t get a crew for the fire station.”
He adds: “I just didn’t think it through. I didn’t think this many people would come.”
The episode also shows plans being drawn up for a restaurant at the site, which was closed after an enforcement order from Cotswold council officials in August.
This comes after Amazon Prime have reportedly cut all ties with Clarkson following his widely criticised column about Meghan Markle in December.
The controversial TV personality wrote in The Sun newspaper last month that he "hates" the Duchess of Sussex "on a cellular level" and wants her to be "paraded naked through the streets".
The 62-year-old ranted in his now-deleted column that he "dreams of people throwing lumps of excrement at her" as he spoke about the former Suits actress.
According to Variety, the streaming platform will not be working with the TV star beyond the seasons of The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm already commissioned. This means that no new seasons of Clarkson’s Farm or The Grand Tour will be commissioned.
Clarkson’s Farm had already been commissioned for a third series, which will air in 2024. The second season begins on Amazon Prime Video on 10 February.
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