Jeremy Clarkson says the soaring temperatures of this week’s heatwave killed one of his farm animals.
The former Top Gear presenter faced backlash this week as he appeared to downplay the dangers and severity of the heatwave, which saw England roast in the highest temperatures ever recorded.
Before England reached melting heights of 40.3 degrees and the London Fire Brigade had their busiest day since World War II, Jeremy sarcastically described experts’ predictions as a ‘DefCon 8 level three killer death heatwave warning.’
Taking to Twitter, the Grand Tour host said: ‘It’s very hot in the south of France but so far as I know, there’s no DefCon 8 level 3 killer death heatwave warning in place.’
Now the star has revealed the heatwave ‘took the life’ of one of his pigs – though the announcement again appeared to be steeped in sarcasm.
Again taking to social media, Jeremy wrote that the ‘global warming is now over,’ adding: ‘Tragically, its brief visit took the life of my big pig. RIP pig.’
Commenters under Jeremy’s post were split, with some exasperatedly telling the presenter ‘global warming is still here,’ and others joking about the dead animal being turned into bacon.
One person gave actual advice for pig owners, saying they were ‘sorry to hear’ about the loss.
They added: ‘You need to keep them watered down and from what I’ve seen on Clarksons Farm there’s plenty of spring water available on your site.’
Earlier this week, Jeremy suggested the UK was overreacting to the blistering heatwave, telling followers who were concerned to ‘go and sit under a tree.’
The Clarksons Farm star was also blasted for his suggestion that the south of France was not making ‘killer death heatwave’ warning.
Plenty of commenters pointed to the fact France was bracing itself for record temperatures, with forecasters putting 15 departments in the country on the highest alert for extreme temperatures.
Meanwhile fires raged across Portugal, neighbouring Spain, France and Croatia for close to two weeks.