Jeremy Clarkson has been left in tears after his beloved piglets ‘died in alarming numbers’ during his upcoming third series of Clarkson’s Farm.
The presenter and his partner Lisa Hogan focused their efforts on pig farming in the latest Amazon Prime series, but were left ‘heartbroken’ by the deaths at Diddly Squat Farm.
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy has now spoken out about the ‘horrific’ breeding tragedy ahead of the launch of the new series next week.
He said: ‘It was just a heartbreaking time. I have never seen Lisa cry – not once, since that all started and unfolded. It was horrible.
“It’s weird, because you love them and help birth them, and you feed them, nurture them, and care for them. I mean, you don’t say, “Let’s buy some pigs and hope they die.”
Jeremy Clarkson has been left in tears after his beloved piglets ‘died in alarming numbers’ during his upcoming third series of Clarkson’s Farm
The presenter and his partner Lisa Hogan focused their efforts on pig farming in the latest Amazon Prime series, but they were left ‘heartbroken’ by the deaths at Diddly Squat Farm
Jeremy went on to explain that he has had a real soft spot for pigs since childhood.
He continued: ‘My mother used to buy me toy pigs at Christmas and birthdays until I was in my twenties, and I thought it would be fun to have them – then they all died in alarming numbers.
“It was absolutely horrific at the time, and we had an emergency with them recently, but overall they’re doing well now.
‘But we are now becoming more robust, we can deal with it a little stronger.’
Talking about the scenes, Lisa added: “It was heartbreaking. Jeremy always loved pigs. I didn’t think I would be so enamored with pigs, but I came very close, as people will see. Agriculture is just sad.
“The animals become your friends and you become isolated – there are certain farms that are really isolated – and the animals become your family. If they become unwell, you will lose members of your animal family.
‘If we can be so sad for a TV crew, imagine the farmers who are alone and have to make do with no one around them, losing animal after animal. It is so hard.
‘Every day it is emotional whether you are really happy because the weather is nice and you can continue with your work, or whether you feel miserable when it rains, the harvest fails and you cannot do anything.
Breaking his silence on the ‘horrific’ breeding tragedy, Jeremy said: ‘It was just a heartbreaking time. It’s weird, because you love them and help birth them, and you feed them, nurture them, and care for them. I mean, you don’t say, “Let’s buy some pigs and hope they die.”
He continued: ‘It was absolutely horrific at the time, and recently we had another emergency with them, but now they are doing well. We are now becoming more robust, we can deal with it a little stronger.”
‘It’s very difficult to be emotionless about it. So yeah, I don’t want to go against what he’s said, but I definitely think he’s becoming more of a man of the country than a man of the road.”
She added: “Whatever you think, it’s an emotional job. You know, let’s talk about the weather: yesterday was beautiful, everything turned green here, and hopefully it will stay green until the crops come in.
“But when it rains and rains and rains, you get frustrated because you just want to get on with your job.”
Clarkson’s Farm returns for a third series and it seems the council is still following Jeremy’s case about his various business ventures.
The second series of the Amazon Prime farming show revolved around Jeremy and the gang’s ambitions to open a restaurant on the farm’s grounds.
Despite countermeasures from the municipality, they eventually managed to open the farm restaurant after jumping through a few hoops to make it happen.
Throughout the new series, Jeremy appears to be getting into more and more trouble with local councillors, who have set their sights on closing his farm shop and car park.
This also means Jeremy will lose his beloved cow herd, but a new cohort of farm animals will arrive in season three.
The farm also tries to save the local shop, which has become a hit with tourists, while Cheerful Charlie fights against the council’s endless red tape.
Jeremy and Charlie learn about the latest enforcement order and try to come up with a plan to prevent the store and the burger van from suffering the same fate as the restaurant.
Clarkson’s Farm returns for a third series and it seems the council is still following Jeremy’s case about his various business ventures
The second series of the Amazon Prime farming show revolved around Jeremy and the gang’s ambitions to open a restaurant on the farm’s grounds.
Despite countermeasures from the municipality, they eventually managed to open the farm restaurant – after jumping through a few hoops to make it happen
The central storyline in the series is Jeremy’s competition with Kaleb, who has recently been promoted to farm manager
At the farm shop, Charlie has to ensure that Lisa follows the council’s instructions exactly, much to her annoyance.
Speaking about the new rules, Lisa said: ‘Charlie had to have a serious conversation with me and say that I could have a criminal record if I didn’t follow them. It’s the town rules that I respect, especially after Charlie explained it to them. me in his clear and concise manner.
Speaking at the show’s official launch at Diddly Squat Farm on Tuesday, Jeremy said: ‘On this show I don’t have to pretend to be anyone else.
“You see, on The Grand Tour, Richard Hammond isn’t as stupid as he’s made out to be, and I’m not as bombastic as I’m made out to be, and James May isn’t as boring as he is. to have been made.
“So you’re playing a caricature, you’re playing a role, and you’re there to provoke and be stupid. But here you don’t have any of that, so we just be ourselves.
‘It’s incredibly relaxing, it’s effortless. The TV side is a piece of cake, but the farming side is not.”
But Jeremy believed that the show is more real than most reality programs because they couldn’t plan anything if they wanted to.
Jeremy said: ‘It’s real reality television, but it’s not presented by someone with purple glasses and a funny jacket. It’s absolutely real: what you see is really happening and none of it was planned.
‘On The Grand Tour, everything was planned – and I mean literally everything.
“It was like, ‘Richard, move your eyebrow so much.’
‘But nothing is planned for this. I don’t have a script and every day we get together to film we have a vague idea of what to do, like for example I have to explore this field again.
“And I can guarantee you that we’re going to be doing something completely different because the weather has changed or a fence has fallen, whatever it may be.
“And you never know what you’re going to do.”
Jeremy and his confidante Kaleb admitted that they are proud that the TV presenter is a real farmer instead of a ‘hobby farmer’.
He added: ‘While I love the trailer for series three, it somewhat gives the impression that we are now doing ‘hobby farming’, which we have tried to avoid.
‘Kaleb really wants us to show good agriculture – and we do that. It’s not just 20 hectares, or a petting zoo.’