Jeremy Clarkson is asked about punching Irish Top Gear producer
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Mr Clarkson will be a guest on The Jonathan Ross Show tonight at 10:05pm on ITV.Presenter Jonathan Ross will welcome Riz Ahmed, who two years ago gained international acclaim for his lead performance in Oscar winning film ‘Sound of Metal’.Meanwhile comedy writer and actor Stephen Merchant will also join Mr Ross on the couch, alongside Mr Clarkson of Top Gear and The Grand Tour fame.
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Music is provided by rock icon Sting, who will also chat with Mr Ross about his new album ‘The Bridge’, which was released last week.
Take That’s Gary Barlow and Royle Family actor Sheridan Smith also perform their festive duet ‘How Christmas Is Supposed To Be’ on the chat show.
Across his three decades on television, Mr Clarkson has been notoriously outspoken on a number of topics.
His opposition to Brexit was made clear in a typically candid manner in 2019 when he referred to Brexiters as “coffin-dodging idiots”.
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Mr Clarkson berated the EU in an unearthed interview (Image: Joe/Getty)
Mr Clarkson will be a guest on The Jonathan Ross Show tonight at 10:05pm on ITV (Image: Getty) He also threw his support behind the Stronger In campaign, alongside his friend and colleague James May, in the build up to the 2016 referendum.
Yet despite being an ardent Remainer the former Top Gear presenter once delivered a furious rant in which he warned that the EU will look to punish the UK to prevent other countries from leaving the bloc.
When asked if Brexit would change the perception of the UK globally, Mr Clarkson told Joe in 2019: “They laugh at us.
“They think it’s hilarious.
Mr Clarkson warned the EU will look to punish the UK (Image: Getty) Trending
“And of course we will have to be seen to fail once we’re out if indeed we leave.
“We will have to be seen on a global stage, Europe will make damn sure we fail, and we fail badly and hard and visibly.
“[It would be] as a warning to the Catalonians and the Greeks and everyone else who might harbour ideas of leaving themselves.
“This is what happens if you leave.”
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Mr Clarkson claimed the EU will want Brexit to serve as waning warning to the Catalonians (Image: Getty) He added: “So only when we’re in rags, with soares round our mouths will they probably toss us a couple of loafs of bread.
“But I think we will have to go through a period of harsh poverty.”
Despite the television presenter’s chilling assessment of how the EU hopes Brexit will pan out, Mr Clarkson remained optimistic that the UK would ultimately “survive”.
“There was an Irish fella who said to me the other day, he said ‘you lot are bulldogs, you’ll always survive’.
Mr Clarkson gained international acclaim as part of Top Gear (Image: Getty) “And I think there is an element of that, we do always survive come what may.
“I’d rather not go through a period of terrible disease and pestilence.
“Would you rather have disease and pestilence or not have it, I’d sort of go not.”
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Of course, the presenter remains pro Europe, though did tell PA news agency in July that it was “great” that Brexit had assisted with the coronavirus vaccine roll out.
Watch the Jonathan Ross Show at 10:05 on ITV.
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