Jeremy Clarkson left heartbroken after his pigs tragically ‘died in alarming numbers’-Meghna Amin and Josie Copson-Entertainment – Metro

Jeremy Clarkson has recalled his heartbreak over a tragedy on the farm (Picture: Amazon)

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed his heartbreak after a number of pigs died on his Diddly Squat farm.

The former Top Gear presenter, 64, is returning for a third series of his Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm, documenting life on the farm in Oxfordshire alongside partner Lisa Hogan and firm fan favourites Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland.

And while we can expect plenty of chaos as usual, from Clarkson learning from (and often being told off by) Cooper to rows with activists and cops, there’s also some incredibly emotional moments.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk and other press, Clarkson shared: ‘You don’t say, “Let’s buy some pigs and hope they die,” I’ve always liked pigs.’

‘My mother used to buy me toy pigs every Christmas and birthdays,’ he went on, recalling his ‘fondness’ for pigs.

‘I thought it would be fun to have them, and then they just died in alarming numbers.

The presenter is ‘fond’ of pigs, and was left heartbroken when they died (Picture: Amazon)

‘It was very heart-breaking, I’d never ever seen Lisa, not once ever, until that all started.

‘It was just terrible. I mean they still die, but we’re getting more used to it now, we’re a bit more robust.’

He added: ‘We’re a bit stronger at dealing with it now. But it was a very heart-breaking time.’

Clarkson continued by saying that he’s also ‘very fond’ of his goats and cows on the farm, despite Cooper telling him to ‘kill’ the goats to ‘sell’ and ‘eat’.

Clarkson has to come to terms with the tragedy on the farm (Picture: Amazon Prime Video UK & IE)

‘But I actually thought, no I want to keep them because I like them, but the pigs you have to sell them, otherwise nobody would keep pigs if you didn’t eat them.

‘There would be no cows or pigs in the country if people didn’t eat them.’

He added: ‘So in order to have the animals you have to eat them at the correct time, and it is weird, because you love them and you give birth to them and you nurture them and you feed them, you take care of them, you get the vet round when they’re poorly.

‘And then you kill them and it is a strange place to be when you haven’t been a farmer all your life but we are getting better at it, we definitely are.’

Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper have different approaches to animals on the farm it seems (Picture: Prime Video)

Speaking about the heart-breaking pigs scene, Lisa added: ‘Jeremy’s always
loved pigs, I didn’t think I’d be that enamoured by pigs but I did get really close
to them as people will see.

‘Farming’s just sad. The animals become your friends and you’re isolated – there are certain farms that are really isolated – and the animals become your family.

‘When they become unwell, you’re losing members of your animal family.’

Introducing the new season, Clarkson elsewhere joked: ‘It’s me against the man again in season three, but the man this time isn’t West Oxfordshire District Council, it’s Kaleb.’

It’s Clarkson against Cooper this season! (Picture: Amazon)

He went on: ‘Everything that happens is genuine reality television… and none of it is planned.

‘I mean, The Grand Tour everything was planned, truly everything, like Richard [Hammond] move your eyebrow that much.

‘Nothing is planned on this, no script, and every single day when we meet to do filming, I have a vague idea of what we need to do… and I can guarantee we’ll end up doing something completely different because the weather will have changed or some fence will have fallen down or whatever it might be.’

Clarkson’s Farm series 3 launches globally on Prime Video on May 3 2024.

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