British tv presenter Jeremy Clarkson stated on Monday he was “horrified to have caused so much hurt” after a column he wrote within the Sun newspaper about Prince Harry’s spouse Meghan attracted greater than 6,000 complaints.
In his Sunday column, Clarkson, who gained worldwide fame as presenter of motoring present “Top Gear”, wrote of Meghan: “I hate her. Not like I hate (Scottish First Minister) Nicola Sturgeon or (serial killer) Rose West. I hate her 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.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as Harry and Meghan are formally identified, stepped down from royal duties in March 2020, saying they wished to forge new lives within the United States away from media harassment.
In a six-part Netflix documentary collection which concluded final week, Meghan spoke about her therapy by the media leaving her feeling suicidal.
In a press release posted on Twitter on Monday, Clarkson stated: “Oh dear. I’ve rather put my foot in it. In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people.”
“I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future,” added Clarkson, who is thought for being outspoken and controversial.
Britain’s press requirements regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), stated it had to this point obtained “over 6,000 complaints about the article in question”.
