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James May, 59, has opened up about how he feels he could have healed the rift that led to his explosive departure from the BBC’s Top Gear. A fight behind-the-scenes spelt an end of an era for fans of the show, as James and Richard Hammond left the series when Jeremy Clarkson was axed in 2015.It was announced at the time that Clarkson’s contract wouldn’t be renewed after a "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.James has now admitted that he holds no resentment towards his co-star over the incident, as the fact that the fight was “so blown up” irritated him more.The car enthusiast also revealed that he wishes he had intervened at the time to help Jeremy and Oisin reconcile.James explained in a new interview: “Looking back on it, what annoyed me was that the whole thing became so blown up.

Top Gear star Paddy McGuinness, has spoken openly about the emotional ordeal she suffered when her husband was outed on Instagram walking with another woman in the early hours of the morning. Christine, who had been at the couple's home miles away at the time, has said it was her grandparents' wisdom that prevented the showbiz marriage from falling apart.Loved-up Christine, 33, has shockingly admitted she had never considered leaving Paddy.However, her pain was intense - and everyone from her friends to strangers on social media were advising her to step away, with the words: "Leave him! Don't stay with him!""In the space of a few hours, suddenly everyone had an opinion of my marriage, and I didn't know what was going on myself," she explained of the day when the photos leaked."I felt physically sick.

Clarkson’s Farm presenter Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has confessed he “has sympathy” for Tom Hanks, 65, following the Elvis actor’s angry outburst last week.The Hollywood actor told a fan to “back the f*** up” after his wife Rita Wilson, 65, was nearly knocked over.Under the heading “Tom’s acting oddly”, Jeremy outlined his reasons for “sympathising” with the actor in his latest column.The former Top Gear star wrote: “So, Hollywood’s nicest man, Tom Hanks, flipped this week and told fans who’d nearly knocked his wife over to “back the f*** off”.“Many will argue these people were simply trying to take his picture or get him to sign a Wilson ball,” Jeremy continued. “But imagine what it’s like to live a life when that intrusion never stops.”Jeremy went on to detail how fame means that stars can never really feel comfortable while out in public.“Every time a famous person goes to the shops, or to the lavatory, or even to a loved one’s funeral, there’s always an army ready to pounce,” he wrote.“And you can’t ever make it go away.

Jeremy Clarkson was left enraged by the government rules around selling crayfish, which he claims “continue to wreak havoc” at his Diddly Squat Farm.The Clarkson’s Farm presenter wanted to sell the crayfish at his farm shop, but has so far been prevented from doing so.Jeremy, 62, wants to fund work on a lake by catching and selling crustaceans in it as “glorified prawn cocktails”.The former Top Gear presenter went on to explain: “The problem is the crayfish I have are American.“They’re labelled an invasive species.“The Government’s forced to spend millions employing a team to make and apply rules about what can and can’t be done with them.” The Amazon Prime star was told by the Environment Agency that it is “currently unable to process applications to trap crayfish”.This put an end to his plans, leading Jeremy to slam the government and the way it operates.He fumed: “The upshot is the crayfish will continue to wreak havoc."Whereas if the government employed fewer spies and fewer bureaucrats and wrote fewer rules, it'd be a little bit better.

Top Gear star explained how he disregarded the “strict” rule due to a lack of space at home, thus failing to comply with the scooter’s legal requirements.He said: “As it is, I bought one in my fifties, a year and a half ago, and yes, I’ve been breaking the law.“Mine’s the Xiaomi Mi Pro 2, sold to me by Halfords on the strict understanding that it was for use only on privately owned land, but I don’t have any of that and riding it up and down the kitchen really annoys my missus.”James then revealed that he has been able to use the gadget on the road, as well as in bicycle lanes, and even on the pavement.But although the TV star has heaped praise on the vehicle, he also admitted he has had close calls after trying to speed over obstacles on the pavement.He said: “At some point I met a ridge or kerb that my Brompton would have handled easily, going at a fair lick, and for several yards I continued the journey sans scooter and relying entirely on one of Monty Python’s silly walks, with added jazz hands.“I was lucky not to knock myself out on a tree,” James concluded in a column for The Times.But this isn’t the first time The Grand Tour presenter has displayed a rebellious streak, as he previously confessed he would urinate on gravestones as a child.In a recent interview, James said he used to be a “little sh**” growing up as a schoolboy.The car enthusiast spent his teenage years in South Yorkshire, where he was a choirboy at Whiston Parish Church, Rotherham.Speaking on the Comfort Eating podcast, James gave fans an insight into his teenage antics.He said: “As choirboys we were a bunch of little sh*ts.

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has poked fun at a hoax that posed as the Department of Media, Culture and Sport and claimed he would receive an OBE from Buckingham Palace.The Top Gear star grew suspicious after receiving an “official-looking email” stating he was set to receive the honour.Jeremy wrote: “There were a couple of things that made me suspicious, though.“Number one: Why on earth would they give me an OBE? And number two: The email said it was for services to sport.“What services to sport? Turning up at Stamford Bridge once in a while.”Jeremy went on to say some “gullible” people might actually take the bait and turn up to Buckingham Palace “in a penguin suit”.“Imagine their little faces when the guard says they’re not on the list,” he added in his column for The Sun.Jeremy had previously said he thought it was unlikely he would ever receive a knighthood due to his past actions.He admitted he was "hardly a model citizen" and thus did not think he would ever get to kneel before Her Majesty at ­Buckingham Palace.In a 2020 interview, the 60-year-old said: “I think you only have to look on Wikipedia and go, ‘No, not this one’.“I’m hardly a model citizen. I just can’t in my wildest dreams imagine anybody’s going to sit there and go, ‘Queen’s Honours, I think Jeremy Clarkson’."I just can’t hear those words being spoken in an oak-panelled room in Whitehall.

Top Gear presenter James May has admitted that he was once a rebellious choirboy who peed on gravestones. While the star is now considered to be mild-mannered and quiet, he has confessed he used to be a “little sh**” growing up. James, 59, has recalled in an interview how he was once a “horrible” schoolboy.Best known for his years on Top Gear, James now presents The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime with long-time colleagues Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. The car fanatic spent his teenage years growing up in South Yorkshire, where he was a choirboy at Whiston Parish Church, Rotherham.“As choirboys we were a bunch of little sh*ts.

Jeremy Clarkson’s eating habits, sharing that the Clarkson's Farm host becomes displeased if anyone suggests they share food. It comes after Jeremy was asked to leave Top Gear in 2015 following an incident where he had hit producer Oisin Tymon.They had been involved in a dispute concerning dinner.When asked about his experience of working with Jeremy, James, who is appearing on Have I Got News for You this evening, revealed that there is an unspoken rule on set when it comes to mealtimes.He said in reference to Jeremy: “Well, we definitely don't share our food."We both bristle a bit if there is somebody says, 'Shall I order a bit of everything for everybody?'"Following their time as a presenting trio on Top Gear, James, Jeremy and Richard Hammond have worked together on The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime.James described their chemistry on set.“It's something we don't understand and it can't be replicated, and it's also very delicate,” the car enthusiast told The Mirror.Richard Hammond may not agree entirely with James on this, as he once said “everything goes wrong” when he is with James and Jeremy.He once admitted that things seem to go more smoothly when he is on his own than when he's paired with his Grand Tour co-stars.In an interview with the Lancashire Post last year, he said: “Something happens when we three work together.“I remember in the special we just made in Scotland, Jeremy saying, ‘This is weird, when I go away on my own, caravans don’t suddenly become disconnected from cars, boats don’t sink, car wheels don’t just jam up and stop all of a sudden.

Jeremy Clarkson has admitted he “cursed Brexit” on his trip to Madrid after being held up by long airport queues.The Clarkson’s Farm star hopped on a plane to Spain to watch his team Chelsea F.C. play. Jeremy described flying to Madrid for a Chelsea match last month while suffering with a “post-birthday hangover”. He turned 62 on April 11 this year and clearly enjoyed some booze-filled celebrations to mark the occasion.The former Top Gear presenter admitted that - much to his surprise - Heathrow was surprisingly empty. However, things did not go so smoothly when his flight landed at the other end. He recalled: “We landed in Madrid and after another eight-mile walk, I reached the back of the queue for passports.

The car flipped when one of the front tyres failed. After having to be cut from the vehicle, Richard was rushed to hospital and was lucky to survive the accident. As a result of the damage sustained, the father-of-two would later reveal that he experienced depression, paranoia and memory loss. Nearly ten years later, during The Grand Tour filming, he had another brush with death, after his Rimac concept one supercar crashed and burst into flames down a Swiss mountainside. He opened up about how he no longer wishes to perform such stunts due to his wife Mindy, 56, and daughters Izzy, 21 and Willow, 18. Speaking to The Mirror last week, he said: “I don't want to risk taking myself out of their lives because we all have a lot of fun together.“I wouldn't want not to be there to fulfil that role.”It was reported last year that Richard was selling his collection of classic vehicles for hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund his TV show, The Smallest Cog. 

Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness, 48, has claimed that the assault on Dave Chapelle, 48, reported earlier today was a “direct result” of Will Smith, 53, slapping Chris Rock, 57, on stage at the Oscars just over one month ago.The A Question of Sport host shared his thoughts after it was reported that Dave was tackled on stage during a comedy gig yesterday. Paddy didn’t hold back as he shared his thoughts on the incident with his 572,300 Twitter followers. This afternoon he wrote: “The wrong un who attacked Dave Chappelle on stage is, for me, a direct result of Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock at the Oscars.  “Only thing I’m surprised about is it’s taken a div that long to copy it?” (sic)On March 28 Will made headlines when he walked across the stage at the Academy Awards ceremony to slap Chris, who was presenting one of the awards. The Independence Day actor slapped the comedian across the face after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 50. Will has since apologised to Chris and the Academy for his actions. Yesterday, clips on social media showed fellow comedian Dave also being assaulted on stage.He was performing a set at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, located at the Hollywood Bowl, when the incident occured.  While Dave was unharmed, the suspect has since been taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. Chris was also there performing at the show and, according to reports, came on stage after Dave was attacked, jokingly comparing the attacker to Will.   Paddy’s followers took to the comments section to voice their opinions on his theory that Dave’s assault was a copycat incident.“Agreed Paddy and ‘Div’ a word from my youth that simply isn’t used enough today in British vernacular!!” wrote Steve

Top Gear.The unearthed interview comes as the first episode of her husband's new show, Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions airs this evening.Mindy previously shared how Richard's behaviour changed after he sustained "brain injuries" following the accident.The Top Gear star suffered injuries after losing control of a jet-powered car when travelling at speeds of over 200mph in 2006 in a vechicle named Vampire Dragster.Speaking about the aftermath of the incident three years ago, Mindy candidly addressed her husband's recovery.The mother of two told how she wasn't sure what to expect as she made her way to the hospital her husband had been airlifted to.Richard's wife went on to tell of her heartbreak when her beau failed to recognise her while lying in his hospital bed.Mindy branded it "disconcerting" when he didn't know who she was and could only retain information for "10 seconds".She said: "When I corrected him, he responded: 'No, you're not my wife, my wife is French.'"Indeed, when he was allowed home five weeks later, it became clear that Richard's memory loss was no short-term affliction."A post shared by Richard Hammond (@richardhammond)She also explained how his personality had changed and recalled one incident where he told her to remove their daughters from the room as he became incresingly angry.Mindy wrote: "He could feel the anger welling up, and was afraid that he might not be able to control himself."It must have been utterly terrifying for him."Mindy and Richard share two daughters, Isabelle and Willow together.Richard's wife of 20 years also shared the impact that their father's crash had on their daughters at such a young age.She explained: "I tried to shield them from Daddy's illness as much as I could,

Amber Heard, 36, is currently a feature of headlines due to her ongoing defamation trial with actor Johnny Depp, 58. Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has recalled in his column how he met the actress and how she had wanted her stint on Top Gear in an effort "to be seen".Amber appeared on Top Gear in 2011 when she joined an array of celebrities to try to get the fastest lap in a reasonably priced car.Although fairly unknown at the time, she appeared on the show to promote her then-new film Drive Angry starring Nicholas Cage.Recalling her appearance on the show, Jeremy said: "Back in 2011, Amber Heard’s people called to ask the Top Gear producers if she could be a Star In A Reasonably Priced Car."Immediately the producer replied: 'Amber who?'"They explained that she was a lesbian petrolhead who loved muscle cars, so we signed her up straight away."And then, on the day she was to be filmed, her people said that she wasn’t really a lesbian and that she couldn’t drive a manual."He continued: "On the track, she turned out to be slower than the BBC’s then political correspondent, Nick Robinson, and former Sun Page 3 girl Peta, 23, from Essex."Still, she got what she wanted.

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, defended Liz Hurley, 56, after she received backlash on social media for posing with two “delicate” starfish.The Clarkson’s Farm star said accusations launched by some that Liz was killing the animals by picking them up were simply “not true”, and suggested they aim their frustrations at former president Barack Obama, 60, instead. In his latest opinion column Jeremy wrote: “Liz Hurley posed this week in a bikini while carrying a couple of starfish and immediately everyone in the increasingly mad world of social media went mental, saying that if you pick up a starfish, it will die in screaming agony.“This was then picked up by the newspapers, who basically said that Liz is a star f***er.”“There’s one small problem with the story though,” he continued.

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, argued that he faced a lot of backlash for his “feeble joke about executing strikers” and that Dan Stevens, 39, did not face the same level of criticism for his recent quip about Boris Johnson.The actor drew gasps after he made a well-aimed dig at the Prime Minister on The One Show this week.In his latest opinion column Jeremy wrote: “A lefty actor of some sort went on the endlessly annoying The One Show this week and made a feeble joke comparing Boris Johnson to Richard Nixon, the disgraced and now dead ex-US President.“As a result of this . . . nothing happened.“Whereas when I went on The One Show and made a feeble joke about executing strikers, all hell broke loose.“I was on the front pages.

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has addressed the ongoing delay in building his dream Cotswolds home at his Diddly Squat farm.The former Top Gear host revealed the project was due to be finished back in May last year, however, because “they are builders” the work is still unfinished and his garden is “full of trenches”.Jeremy mused: “They started building it in the autumn of 2019 and I thought then that it may be a foolish endeavour because how long would I have left to live in it?“The builders said it would all be done by May of 2021, but because they are builders, here we are in the spring of 2022 and the drive's still full of vans and the garden's still full of trenches and I still can't hear myself think because of all the power tools."The Clarkson's Farm star joked that he feared death may come before the renovation is completed.“There's a very real possibility that I'll be like Brunel; dead before the builders realise my dream. Or that I'll have to get them to install some kind of stairlift before they go,” he joked.The star pondered how much time he has left now he’s a similar age to his late father when he died.He continued: “How much time do we have left and what will we be able to do with it? Those are the questions.

The Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been vocal in his support for Ukraine following the recent month-long invasion by Russia. However when one fan suggested he take to the streets of Ukraine himself in an armoured vehicle, Jeremy didn't shy away from the proposal.@RatrickPickard tagged him on Twitter with a "quick pitch" challenging: "You and the fellas outfit a few armored recon vehicles and race to #Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar."In view of his network of 7.6 million followers, the 61-year-old responded: "That’s weird.

Jeremy Clarkson began another day on Diddly Squat Farm only to realise something was horribly wrong after waking up drenched in sweat and with agonising pain crippling his throat.The 61-year-old Top Gear presenter was instantly convinced it was Covid - or, he joked, even "tuberculosis".However the Clarkson's Farm star soon had his fears alleviated after taking multiple Covid tests.By the time of his second lateral flow session, he recalled: "I rammed the probe so far down my throat, I felt like Linda Lovelace."And so far up my nose, I actually collected a few ounces of brain matter."However to his surprise - and relief - both revealed a negative result.Yet, still convinced his symptoms could only be Covid, he then opted for a pricier and more thorough PCR test.By this stage, he revealed in The Sun, he was "coughing up what looked like lumps of coal"."I HAD to have Covid - it was so obvious," he mused."I therefore did two more PCR tests and both were resolute: I didn't."He added: "This worried me because if it wasn't Covid, what was it?"The sports car enthusiast had been left totally exhausted, so he took to a medical book to find answers."I blew away the dust and leafed through the pages, trying to work out what I had," he recounted."And it seems I have an ancient affliction which hasn't been heard of in the UK for years."It's called a cold."Jeremy had already contracted a bad case of Covid previously, leaving him to fear he might "die alone in a plastic tent".He elaborated in the Sunday Times of the horror virus: "Because I am 60 and fat, and because I've smoked half a million cigarettes and had double pneumonia, I [thought I would] probably die."Jeremy quit smoking in 2017, ending a 43-year long habit.He had originally

Comedian Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine felt “permanently jetlagged” due to a lack of sleep caused by their twins Leo and Penelope.The couple fell into a “depressive state” until their children were around four or five years old.A Question of Sport presenter Paddy, 48, admitted he and his wife Christine, 33, were incredibly sleep-deprived in the early years of raising their children.The star made the candid admission while providing an insight into being a father to children with autism alongside his wife.Paddy and Christine share eight-year-old twins Leo and Penelope, as well as a five-year-old daughter named Felicity.The comedian confessed that a lack of sleep raising the twins had “really affected” them both.He said: “When I think back to the twins - Leo and Penelope, up to kind of being four or five years old - the lack of sleep that me and Christine had really affected us.“I think that's when I first started going into that kind of depressive state.“I felt like I was permanently jetlagged,” he added during his interview with MailOnline.Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Christine, who was also present at the interview, revealed that she felt “inspired” by her children and their ability to not care what others think.She said: “When I've taken our children out and about - they're completely not interested in what anyone thinks of them.“If they want to have a meltdown, or if they have sensory overload, they just carry on being them, and in some ways, I find it kind of inspirational.They don't care.”In December of last year, the BBC aired a documentary featuring the McGuinness couple and their children called Our Family and Autism, Paddy and Christine.After its success in spreading awareness about autism, the

Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has visited some of the world’s most scenic natural landmarks thanks to Top Gear.

Paddy and Christine McGuinness have opened up about their pride for their three children, who have previously been diagnosed with autism, after they hit a “massive milestone” on World Book Day. Speaking exclusively to OK!, Christine confessed that the annual dress up day, which sees children dress up as their favourite characters from a book for school and nursery, used to leave her and her kids in “tears”.