In the wake of Jeremy Clarkson writing a controversial column for The Sun in which he wrote that he hated Meghan Markle and accused her of “talking b*llocks,” his daughter Emily Clarkson has spoken out against his words.
Sharing a short statement on her Instagram Story, the podcaster and body positivity advocate wrote: “My views are and have always been clear when it comes to misogyny, bullying and the treatment of women by the media. I want to make it very clear that I stand against everything that my dad wrote about Meghan Markle and I remain standing in support of those that are targeted with online hatred. ”
Jeremy’s article has sparked wide outrage on social media, particularly in response to the graphic language he uses in his vitriol against the Duchess.
“I hate her on a cellular level,” he wrote. “At night, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, ‘Shame! ’ and throw lumps of excrement at her. ”
Jeremy also accused Meghan of controlling Prince Harry like a “glove puppet” and forecasted their future marriage breakup.
Many have spoken out against the column, including Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who tweeted: “As Jeremy Clarkson should well know — words have consequences. The words in his piece are no joke — they’re dangerous and inexcusable. We are in an epidemic of violence against women and girls and men with powerful voices must do better than this. ”
Meghan and Harry’s close friend and photographer, who appeared in their recent Netflix documentary, also shared a video in which he said he was “horrified by the article written by Mr Jeremy Clarkson”. He added that it incites “violence towards Meghan”:
Jeremy’s daughter Emily had already shared her support for Meghan earlier in December, writing on Instagram: “My steadfast defence of them has never been of the individuals I don’t know, rather of two people who have, objectively, been treated APPALLINGLY. And I genuinely feel concern for anyone who can look at how she particularly has been written/joked/spoken about and feel that it’s justified. It’s bullying on a mass scale and it drove a new mother to want to end her life. ”
