Clarkson Responds To Grand Tour Axe Claims
Yesterday, The Daily Mail claimed the the future of The Grand Tour was in doubt. “There is nothing to suggest they are going to do another one [series]. No one has signed anything and employees are wondering where everyone will go once filming wraps,” the tabloid’s insider source claimed, suggesting that the motoring show wouldn’t live beyond the initial three-series deal signed with Amazon Prime. It didn’t take host Jeremy Clarkson long to respond.
Replying to a fan on Twitter about the claims, the 57-year-old said “Don’t believe the f—king [Daily] Mail,” followed by a pair of Tweets to his 7.2 million followers that read: “So sad to hear Geordie Gregg [sic] is about to be fired as editor of the Mail on Sunday. I always rather liked him….Sorry Geordie. I may have published something which is horse sh-t. Annoying, isn’t it.” Ouch.
Speaking to the Mail at the weekend, Grand Tour producer Andy Wilman simply said: “We are focusing on series three at the moment.” A TGT spokesperson meanwhile told The Mirror: “The team have only just finished series two and have not begun filming series three yet - so it’s too soon for any decisions to have been made.”
Reporting on the Mail’s story, Jalopnik wasn’t able to receive comment from Amazon itself, but a source from the firm “indicated that this rumor might be baseless,” the publication said.
Series two of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s Top Gear follow-up ended last month, and the third series should debut around November - December 2018.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Does this mean I dont have to sell my car and take it off the market to make enough money for an emergency trip out to the UK for a showing?
Fake news
Good Man, Jeremy Clarkson, good man
Perhaps he might get fired, and head back to Top Gear.
This is why i only read CarThrottle news and only watch Top Gear news / TGT Conversation street
The Daily Main has been a joke for a few years now, I don’t even know why y’all bothered to relay what they said. They sustain themselves off of bullscheisse and fear mongering, there’s no point in trying to pretend they might be saying something reasonable. GT has made Amazon MASSIVE revenue and views, it’s by far their largest and best-selling exclusive and barely costs anything in the scale of how enormous Amazon is and how much money it brings in. I second Clarkson’s statement, don’t believe the f00king mail.
Pls don’t be true
Grand Tour wouldnt end the way it is claimed, the only way it would end is WHEN they declare that they are to old for the stunts and shenanigans they get up to! And as a huge fan of Jeremy Clarkson I’d to say that I dont think that time is just around the corner… but maybe that might entail Jeremy Clarkson and Co. into new adventures!
#JeremyClarkson4PrimeMinister
That I think it will be*