“The Grand Tour,” Amazon Prime’s automobile present offered by former “Top Gear” hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, could also be coming to an finish quickly.
Citing nameless sources, Variety reported on Monday that Amazon’s streaming service will stop working with Clarkson past what the 2 events have already agreed upon.
Clarkson additionally seems within the separate Amazon Prime present “Clarkson’s Farm.”
Filming of recent episodes for each reveals is presently underway, however in line with Variety there probably received’t any new episodes of both present past 2024, other than a attainable remaining episode for “The Grand Tour” that will carry over into 2025. That final episode is one in every of 4 remaining episodes for the present, in line with Variety.
The report comes after Clarkson made scathing feedback about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in a Dec. 16 article for The Sun, which the newspaper has eliminated.
In the article, whose title was “One day, Harold the glove puppet will inform the reality about A Woman Talking B*****ks,” Clarkson described Harry as being absolutely managed by Markle, and in addition expressed how a lot he hated Markle.
He additionally referenced a scene from “Game of Thrones” by which Lena Headey’s character, Cersei, needed to parade bare whereas townspeople threw their trash at her. In the article, Clarkson stated he dreamed of the identical someday occurring to Markle.
Amazon Prime hasn’t commented on the controversy, however Clarkson in one in every of a number of public apologies stated the streaming service was “incandescent” about his remedy of the Duke and Duchess, Variety reported.
“The Grand Tour” first appeared on Amazon Prime in 2016 however went on hiatus after 2021 attributable to difficulties in filming new episodes brought on by pandemic-related journey restrictions. Amazon Prime initially snagged Clarkson for the present, along with Hammond and May, after Clarkson was fired by the BBC, the producer of “Top Gear,” attributable to his 2015 attack on a fellow staff member.
This article was initially revealed by Motor Authority, an editorial accomplice of ClassicCars.com.
