Jeremy Clarkson 'appalled to have caused so much pain' after his backlash

Jeremy Clarkson has issued an announcement following his inflammatory comments about Meghan Markle in a column

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On Monday, the "Clarkson's Farm" host shared an announcement on social media

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"OMG. I put my foot on this instead," Clarkson tweeted. “In a column I wrote about Meghan

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I made an awkward reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has been well received by many notable people.

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I am horrified that I have caused so much damage and will be more cautious in the future."

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In Clarkson's Dec. 16 column titled “Someday Harold the Glove Puppet Will Tell the Fact of a Talk Me B*ks Girl,”

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the former “pinnacle tools” host wrote of Markle: “I hate her. Now not like hate [Scottish National Party leader] Nicola Sturgeon

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"At night, I can't sleep as I lie there, gnashing my teeth and dreaming of the day she's paraded through the streets naked."

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