Jeremy Clarkson has not been cancelled because the host of tv quiz present Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, in response to ITV.
The channel additionally insisted that the hit programme had not been axed and it was contractually dedicated to a different sequence which has already been recorded.
There had been reviews that Clarkson’s future because the present’s presenter was in jeopardy following his controversial newspaper column in regards to the Duchess of Sussex.
But these have been refuted by ITV, and by Clarkson himself on social media who insisted he had “not been sacked”.
An ITV spokesperson stated: “As we’ve stated for a number of weeks, ITV is contractually dedicated to an extra sequence of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (which has now been recorded).
“There are no further commissioning commitments beyond that currently as is typical with such shows where we make commissioning decisions on a series-by-series basis.
“Therefore for the avoidance of doubt neither Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? nor Jeremy Clarkson have been cancelled.”
Clarkson, 62, tweeted: “So many kind messages about today’s reports. But relax… I have not been sacked as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.”
Clarkson’s profession was beneath the highlight after he wrote an article in The Sun newspaper about Meghan, which turned essentially the most complained about piece to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).
The media regulator has launched an investigation after it acquired greater than 25,100 complaints.
In the controversial piece printed final December, Clarkson stated he “hated” the duchess.
He stated he was “dreaming of the day when [Meghan] is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her”.
The TV presenter later apologised, describing his language as “disgraceful” and stated he was “profoundly sorry”.
The Sun additionally apologised and stated it regretted the publication of the column, which was eliminated on-line.
Prince Harry and Meghan dismissed the apology by the previous Top Gear star and didn’t imagine the article was a careless, remoted incident.
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The presenter’s feedback sparked an enormous backlash, with Clarkson’s daughter Emily, in addition to many others, talking out in opposition to him.
Clarkson co-hosts Amazon Prime TV sequence The Grand Tour, and documentary sequence Clarkson’s Farm follows his efforts to run an Oxfordshire farm he purchased in 2008.
He took over from Chris Tarrant because the presenter of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2018.
Source: information.sky.com”