Jeremy Clarkson opens up on quitting 'The Grand Tour' after five series
LONDON, UK: Jeremy Clarkson has finally addressed his decision to quit the hit show The Grand Tour after five series.
Jeremy Clarkson felt he was 'too old, fat' to continue with The Grand Tour
The celebrated motoring host was interviewed by The Times, where he said, “I've driven cars higher than anyone else and further north than anyone else. We've done everything you can do with a car. When we had meetings about what to do next, people just threw their arms in the air.”
The Prime Video show was co-presented by Richard Hammond and James May, the two other legends of the automobile arena.
Jeremy also called himself “unfit, fat and old” as another factor contributing to his decision. The show is quite physically demanding as well.
The 63-year-old also addressed rumors of a "feud" with other co-hosts. “We've spent more time in each other's company than our families' over the last 25 years, so I don't think it would have lasted as long as it did if we'd hated each other as much as James likes to think.”
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He also speculated other options are "being explored for a new incarnation"
of the show.
A source told the Sun, “The guys have made no bones about the fact they’re all advancing in years and they have lots of other projects to pursue.”
It added that the broadcasters "felt like the time was right and wanted to go out on a high when the show remained popular."
During their tenure on BBC's Top Gear, they were involved in a number of controversies.
The ambassador for Mexico complained when his people were branded "lazy, feckless, and flatulent" on the show, sparking an apology from the broadcasters.
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The team was also chased out of Argentina by an angry mob after a row over a number plate used while filming the series.
As per officials the number H982 FKL on a Porche, registered in May 1991, was a reference to the 1982 Falklands War.
Moreover, during that time only Ofcom ruled that there had been a breach of the broadcasting code. It was over inclusion of an offensive racial term during the programme's Burma Special.
