
Jeremy Clarkson has disclosed that one of his more recent “dumb ideas” caused his co-star on Clarkson’s Farm, Kaleb Cooper, to become so upset that he ran away to Cornwall. Cooper is 24 years old and works as a farmer.
Clarkson shared the news of his recent intention to try his hand at pig farming at the beginning of the new year, but he admitted that Cooper was not on board with the idea.
Clarkson admitted that Kaleb was so upset that he packed his belongings into his pick-up truck and drove to Cornwall for a weeklong vacation.
The host of Top Gear explained in an article that he had written for The Telegraph that he had made the decision to begin raising pigs because “they are far cheaper to buy than cows or sheep” and “produce more than one or two babies.”
Or, as Clarkson put it: ‘They hose them out like machinegun bullets.’ Lovely.
The journalist added: ‘So you buy 10 pigs for a few quid and three months later you have 10million. That’s profit, right there. Pure, naked profit.’


While it’s been a particularly tumultuous few weeks for Clarkson (we won’t be forgetting his vile rant about Meghan Markle anytime soon), the festive period has been abundantly merry for Cooper, who recently announced his engagement to girlfriend Taya.
Sharing the happy news on Instagram on Christmas Day, Cooper wrote: ‘She said yes!
‘2022 has been an amazing year. This definitely tops it off. I honestly can’t wait for 2023 and all the following years after that. @tayaaaxx your my best friend as well as the love of my life.’
He added: ‘Was a long wait for this (6 and a half years).’
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While Cooper was celebrating one of the happiest days of his life, Clarkson was no doubt reeling over The Sun’s decision days prior to issue an apology over his Meghan Markle column.
Following intense backlash to the article, in which Clarkson said he hates the Duchess of Sussex on a ‘cellular level’, the newspaper said it is ‘sincerely sorry.’
In a statement, the newspaper shared: ‘In last Saturday’s Sun, Jeremy Clarkson wrote a comment article about the Duchess of Sussex. It provoked a strong response and led to a large number of complaints to Ipso, the independent press regulator.
‘In a tweet earlier this week, Jeremy said he had made a “clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones”, which had “gone down badly with a great many people” and he was “horrified to have caused so much hurt”. He also said he will be more careful in future.
‘Columnists’ opinions are their own, but as a publisher we realise that with free expression comes responsibility. We at The Sun regret the publication of this article and we are sincerely sorry.’
The newspaper added that the article had also been removed from their archives as well as their website.