Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that a ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ social media account has blocked him after a controversial video sparked outrage online.
The fake video shows the 65-year-old journalist turn farmer beat up Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer outside his Oxfordshire pub, The Farmer’s Dog.
It was posted on Twitter by an account named after Clarkson’s Farm, which led to confusion among the public despite having no association with Mr Clarkson or his TV shows.
Labour MP Chris Bryant urged the account user to take the video down as he said: “I’m all for freedom of speech, but not inciting or glorifying violence and two of my colleagues have been murdered in my time as an MP.”
Mr Clarkson has now responded to the outrage and revealed that the fake Clarkson’s Farm account, which boasts over 300,000 followers, blocked him.
“That site is a menace, and they’ve blocked me,” the 65-year-old revealed.
The video shows a fake Mr Clarkson shouting “No, no, no” before throwing Sir Keir onto the ground.
It then cuts to a fake shot of the pair having a punch-up outside The Farmer’s Dog in front of a crowd who are filming.
Reacting to the video, political commentator Don McGowan said: “Am I the only one that finds this disgusting? It’s not funny and glorifies violence.
“In a time where our country is seeing violence when MPs speak (see Hannah Spencer last weekend), this pretend fight with the Prime Minister should be removed immediately.”
TalkTV host Mark Dolan added: “This is appalling and deeply wrong – whatever you think of the prime minister.”
Last year, when replying to a post by the account, Mr Clarkson said: “Ignore them and explain that you have NOTHING to do with me or the show.”
