Jeremy Clarkson Says He’s ‘Horrified’ by Hurt Caused by His Meghan Markle Article
Jeremy Clarkson on Monday said he is “horrified to have caused so much hurt” with a hate-filled newspaper article he wrote about Meghan Markle.
Excerpts from an opinion piece written by the British TV host, 62, for The Sun newspaper went viral over the weekend. In the article, published Friday, Clarkson said he hated the Duchess of Sussex “on a cellular level.” “At night, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her,” Clarkson wrote.
The article was roundly criticized on social media and prompted over 6,000 complaints to Ipso, the U.K.’s press regulator—almost half the total number of complaints the organization received in 2021, the BBC reports.