Top Gear's James May admits he used to be a rebellious choirboy who 'peed on gravestones'

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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.

I mean, awful people,” the star admitted on the Comfort Eating podcast.He then went on to give a revealing insight of his teenage years, providing presenter Grace Dent with a pretty shocking list of activities. “Fighting, urinating on gravestones, stealing things,” he continued. “Singing at people’s weddings for 50p without a moment's thought for the sanctity of marriage.”James attended Oakwood Comprehensive School in Rotherham and, when asked what he was like at school, described himself as “horrible”. “I was daydreamy, belligerent, incredibly lazy and slightly subversive,” he added.The star went on to recall how he would try his best to “try it on at pubs” so that he could drink pints of lager while he was still underage. “You couldn’t quite reach the bar but you still got away with it, it was so exciting,” he said.“You think you are going to get arrested and put in prison for drinking beer when you’re only 15, but of course you’re not – you’re just going to be told to p**s off.”James co-presented Top Gear between 2003 and 2015.