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Jeremy Clarkson volition stay the big connected Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? “at the moment”, ITV brag Kevin Lygo has confirmed.

Lygo criticised the 62-year-old presenter’s comments astir Meghan Markle, describing his tirade arsenic “awful”.

In an op-ed published by The Sun on Friday (16 December), Clarkson wrote that helium dreamt of the time Markle would beryllium made to parade bare done Britain portion the assemblage chanted “shame” and threw “excrement” astatine her.

Clarkson claimed that “everyone who’s my property thinks the aforesaid way”.

The Sun has present removed Clarkson’s remark portion from its website. “In airy of Jeremy Clarkson’s tweet helium has asked america to instrumentality past week’s file down,” the leafage present reads.

More than 60 cross-party MPs person written to The Sun’s exertion to request an apology and “action taken” against Clarkson. The SNP’s shadiness civilization curate also called for Clarkson to beryllium banned from TV altogether.

Ipso confirmed connected Tuesday 20 December that it had received implicit 17,500 complaints astir the presenter’s column, much than the full it received successful 2021.

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This isn’t the archetypal clip Clarkson has made disparaging comments astir Markle

While galore radical are rightly shocked by Clarkson’s comments in The Sun, it’s acold from the archetypal happening the erstwhile Top Gear presenter has said astir the duchess.

Below, The Independent has collated 7 occasions wherever the TV property has made digs astatine Markle.

Tom Murray22 December 2022 00:16

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Emily Clarkson called retired media’s ‘inhumane’ attraction of Markle days earlier her father’s op-ed

Days earlier Jeremy Clarkson’s op-ed was published connected 16 December, his girl Emily had condemned the media’s “inhumane” attraction of Markle.

On 14 December, alongside a screenshot of a work blurb which read, “Harry and Meghan merchandise yet different Netflix trailer for their amusement waging warfare connected the Palace up of caller 3 episodes dropping TOMORROW”, Emily wrote a lengthy caption.

“My steadfast defence of them has ne'er been of the individuals I don’t know, alternatively of 2 radical who have, objectively, been treated APPALLINGLY,” she said.

“It’s bullying connected a wide scale,” Emily continued. “I consciousness DEEP discomfort with our deficiency of humanity towards these 2 people.”

Following the work of Clarkson’s column, she spoke retired against her father, lasting against “everything my begetter wrote”.

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‘I stay lasting successful enactment of those that are targeted with online hatred,’ said podcast host

Inga Parkel21 December 2022 20:10

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Writer Joyce Carol Oates says Clarkson should beryllium taken by ‘his word'

Joyce Carol Oates, the writer who penned 2000 humanities fabrication caller Blonde, astir Marilyn Monroe, judge we should instrumentality Clarkson “at his word”.

“When an idiosyncratic similar Jeremy Clarkson admits publically to a ‘cellular hatred’ of a Black woman,” she wrote connected Twitter, “we should instrumentality him astatine his word: racism is primitive, irrational, sub-human & sub-ethical affectional unit directed against idiosyncratic perceived arsenic ‘other’.”

Inga Parkel21 December 2022 19:30

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James O’Brien says Clarkson’s ‘gotta go’ connected caller podcast episode

James O’Brien thinks Clarkson’s “gotta go” aft his “disgusting” op-ed against Markle.

Despite not usually buying into “that benignant of effect to off-air behaviour having on-air consequences”, the vigor presenter said helium believes “society demands standards”.

Therefore, “I don’t deliberation they tin support him connected the job”, O’Brien said connected Wednesday’s (21 December) occurrence of his “The Whole Show” podcast.

“Pretty overmuch everybody (except the weirdest radical connected the planet) agrees that it was perfectly disgusting.”

Inga Parkel21 December 2022 19:00

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Police person confirmed that Clarkson is not going to look probe implicit the article, contempt calls from immoderate critics to probe it arsenic hatred speech.

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Louis Chilton21 December 2022 18:30

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More than 60 MPs person written to The Sun complaining astir the article.

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Louis Chilton21 December 2022 18:00

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The brag of ITV confirmed that Clarkson would not beryllium removed from his station arsenic presenter of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

He did, however, condemn Clarkson’s nonfiction successful beardown terms.

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Louis Chilton21 December 2022 17:30

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Piers Morgan weighed successful connected the contented with what galore mightiness characterise arsenic a predictable response.

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Louis Chilton21 December 2022 17:00

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Going to re-share immoderate of the main stories implicit the past time oregon so.

Firstly, the quality that Clarkson’s communicative had breached the grounds for the fig of complaints lodged to Ipso, the autarkic property standards organisation.

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Jeremy Clarkson’s Meghan nonfiction breaks Ipso complaints record

Jeremy Clarkson's file wherever helium expressed hatred for the Duchess of Sussex has breached Ipso records arsenic the astir complained astir nonfiction ever. The Independent Press Standards Organisation received much than 17,500 complaints - much than the full magnitude they received successful 2021. In his portion for The Sun, the erstwhile Top Gear presenter said helium dreamed of the time Meghan would beryllium paraded “naked” done “every municipality successful Britain” portion crowds threw “lumps of excrement astatine her.” Mr Clarkson has since said helium is "horrified" by the "hurt" caused, pledging helium "shall beryllium much cautious successful future." Sign up for our newsletters.

Louis Chilton21 December 2022 16:30

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A reminder of what precisely it was Nicolson said.

“Following grotesque comments made astir the First Minster and The Duchess of Sussex, I bash not judge Jeremy Clarkson should beryllium allowed backmost connected our screens. I’ve written to the Chief Executive of ITV.”

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Louis Chilton21 December 2022 15:49

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