Jeremy Clarkson has issued a fiery denouncement of cancel culture following the recent “misconduct” investigation into Gino D’Acampo.
The 64-year-old former Top Gear presenter spoke out in sympathy of celebs being given “no chance to mount a defence” when faced with cancellation.
Wynne Evans, Gregg Wallace, Phillip Schofield and most recently The Apprentice candidate Dr Jana Denzel have also faced intense scrutiny for a range of infractions.
“We live in a world where everyone is offended by everything,” Clarkson despaired, adding “It’s getting to the point where, soon, only Monty Don will be left.”
Reflecting on the current climate, the 64-year-old commented that none of the current “pariahs” are “accused of doing something illegal.”
D’Acampo has faced a wave of pressure after an “misconduct” investigation was launched
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“We are not talking here about kiddy-fiddlers or international terrorists,” Clarkson slammed in his column for The Sun.
Highlighting intense sensitivity today, he added: “They just said something or did something which someone found offensive… It doesn’t even have to be a current misdemeanour.
“There’s no trial. No chance to mount a defence. They’re just out.”
Clarkson raged that even minor past infractions like “a tweet you sent when you were 17 or something you said to your brother when you were four” were grounds to be exiled from public life.
Clarkson slammed the world where “where everyone is offended by everything”
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The former Top Gear presenter challenged his readers to “hand on heart” promise that have never said or done anything judged a cancelling offence in “the court of social media.”
Clarkson argued that anyone who could was rarely the type to seek out fame to begin with.
“People who crave fame tend to be extroverts. Show-offs. The life and soul of the party.”
“The exact sort of people who occasionally say something ‘wrong’,” he deduced.
As a remedy for future generations, the 64-year-old warns young people interested in pursuing fame to reconsider and aim for a more low-key career.
In his mind, if one is to be cancelled it is better to be “stacking shelves” than being “catapulted into oblivion” from a plush position in the public eye.
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Clarkson advised young people to avoid fame
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That way, they would avoid the short burst of fame followed by “50 years of being a hermit” after being cancelled.
“Forget the celebrity lark and strive instead to become a fireman,” the 64-year-old advised.