Jeremy Clarkson has not been cancelled because the host of tv quiz present Who Needs To Be A Millionaire?, in keeping with ITV.
The channel additionally insisted that the hit programme had not been axed and it was contractually dedicated to a different sequence which has already been recorded.
There had been reviews that Clarkson’s future because the present’s presenter was in jeopardy following his controversial newspaper column concerning the Duchess of Sussex.
However these have been refuted by ITV, and by Clarkson himself on social media who insisted he had “not been sacked”.
Jeremy Clarkson was criticised over an article he wrote concerning the Duchess of Sussex. Pic: AP
An ITV spokesperson stated: “As we’ve stated for a number of weeks, ITV is contractually dedicated to an extra sequence of Who Needs To Be A Millionaire? (which has now been recorded).
“There aren’t any additional commissioning commitments past that at the moment as is typical with such exhibits the place we make commissioning selections on a series-by-series foundation.
“Due to this fact for the avoidance of doubt neither Who Needs to Be a Millionaire? nor Jeremy Clarkson have been cancelled.”
Clarkson, 62, tweeted: “So many sort messages about right this moment’s reviews. However calm down… I’ve not been sacked as host of Who Needs To Be A Millionaire.”
Clarkson’s profession was below the highlight after he wrote an article in The Solar newspaper about Meghan, which grew to become essentially the most complained about piece to the Unbiased Press Requirements Organisation (IPSO).
The media regulator has launched an investigation after it obtained greater than 25,100 complaints.
Within the controversial piece printed final December, Clarkson stated he “hated” the duchess.
He stated he was “dreaming of the day when [Meghan] is made to parade bare by way of the streets of each city in Britain whereas crowds chant, ‘Disgrace!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her”.
The TV presenter later apologised, describing his language as “disgraceful” and stated he was “profoundly sorry”.
The Solar additionally apologised and stated it regretted the publication of the column, which was eliminated on-line.
Prince Harry and Meghan dismissed the apology by the previous Prime Gear star and didn’t consider the article was a careless, remoted incident.
Learn extra:
Press watchdog launches investigation into Clarkson’s article
Harry and Meghan accuse TV presenter of spreading ‘hate rhetoric’
The presenter’s feedback sparked an enormous backlash, with Clarkson’s daughter Emily, in addition to many others, talking out in opposition to him.
Clarkson co-hosts Amazon Prime TV sequence The Grand Tour, and documentary sequence Clarkson’s Farm follows his efforts to run an Oxfordshire farm he purchased in 2008.
He took over from Chris Tarrant because the presenter of Who Needs To Be A Millionaire? in 2018.
