Jeremy Clarkson introduces fans to new addition to Diddly Squat farm – but it instantly backfires

Jeremy Clarkson introduces fans to new addition to Diddly Squat farm – but it instantly backfires
Jeremy Clarkson’s fans were left quizzing the TV presenter turned farmer as he introduced his following to a new arrival at his Diddly Squat farm.

The former Top Gear host took to Instagram on Thursday to share a snap of new family member Ben, a donkey, telling fans to ‘welcome him to Diddly Squat’.
While many fans of Jeremy, 65, were quick to congratulate the star for the arrival, and praise the ‘lovely’ and ‘dashing’ looking Donkey, others were quick to hit back.

One penned under the image on Instagram, worried for Ben’s welfare: ‘He is gorgeous but he needs a friend though. They don’t like to be alone…’

Another chimed in: ‘I hope you have another donkey for Ben, donkeys shouldn’t live on their own and other livestock aren’t suitable companions.’

‘This is true,’ a third person agreed, as a fourth wrote to Jeremy: ‘Does he have a donkey friend to live with? Very important!’
Shrugging off the backlash, Jeremy explained that they were aware of the needs of the animals to be part of a group, writing back: ‘Yes, we know that.’

It comes after Jeremy shared yet another worrying update from his Diddly Squat farm after filming was halted on Prime Video hit Clarkson’s Farm.
The TV star, who has been a household name since joining the panel of Top Gear in 1988, has let cameras follow the highs and lows of his farming journey since he decided to start running his Oxfordshire farm Diddly Squat in 2019.

The hit series has so far run for four seasons, with a fifth soon to hit screens later this year and a sixth already confirmed to be in development.

Last month, Jeremy, 65, revealed that fans might have to wait longer for the new series because of the continual bad weather scuppering filming plans.

But it’s not just filming that the presenter has to worry about, warning he’s ‘got a very problematic year’ coming up in terms of making any profit from his farm.

Writing in his column in the Sunday Times, Jeremy revealed that he is not expecting to ‘make any money’ from the crops on animals at Diddly Squat.
He penned: ‘We have got a very problematic year coming up. We know for a fact we won’t make money on wheat and barley. And we’re still closed down with TB.’

Jeremy revealed in October 2025 that his Diddly Squat Farm was hit by a bovine tuberculosis outbreak, forcing the cull of the farm’s first-ever pregnant cow.
He took to X, formerly Twitter, to explain: ‘It doesn’t affect people, just our poor cows. Everyone here is absolutely devastated.’

Meanwhile, the farm has been rocked by bad weather, with Jeremy previously writing in his column that the wind and rain had pressed pause on cameras rolling.

He said: ‘There’s no filming happening on the farm at the moment, or farming.

‘It hasn’t stopped raining since the beginning of the year, so I can’t plant anything, and I can’t do anything with my cows either because we are still locked down by TB.’

Jeremy is yet to confirm when filming is expected to start for the Prime Video show’s sixth series – but its fifth season is expected for launch in the meantime this spring.

It comes after Jeremy took a withering swipe at Good Morning Britain’s resident meteorologist Laura Tobin after she shared ‘good news’ about the recent weather.