Due to villagers’ hatred, Jeremy Clarkson’s youthful farm employees must take extra care.
The former Top Gear host’s new agricultural profession, which is depicted in the Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm, has not gone over well with everyone.
After receiving enforcement notifications from the municipality, the Grand Tour presenter, 62, decided to close his Diddly Squat eatery.
Clarkson is now embroiled in a new dispute with West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC), which opposes his plans to expand the Chipping Norton property’s parking park.
Yet it was revealed earlier this week at a two-day conference to determine the farm’s destiny that even Clarkon’s staff are subjected to ‘abuse’ from residents.
On Wednesday, Annabel Gray, 32, who works on a catering trailer at Clarkson’s farm, stated that 16-year-old farm employees had had to ‘wear body cameras’ as a precaution after locals shouted ‘abuse’ at them.
Meanwhile, members of WODC have received “abusive death threats” after rejecting Clarkson’s request for an extension.
The authority said in a statement: ‘Unfortunately we have had to take safety precautions following a number of threats and abuse directed at councillors and local people since the airing of Season 2 of Clarkson’s Farm.’
They added: ‘This has included death threats and as a result we have had to consider a range of safety measures to protect councillors, staff and residents.
‘We understand people may not agree with decisions taken by the council but there is no place for threatening or abusive behaviour.
‘It damages the democratic process when people feel intimidated and do not feel safe to express the opinions they are entitled to.’
The threats were apparently made sometime after the show’s second season premiered on February 10.
Clarkson’s Farm is available to stream on Amazon Prime.