Piers Morgan remembers being punched by Jeremy Clarkson

Piers Morgan has mentioned he is nonetheless received a scar on his head from the place Jeremy Clarkson punched him.

The TV stars feuded for a very long time, brawling at an awards ceremony in 2004 and rowing on a Concorde flight, however have since buried the hatchet.

Opening up in regards to the time Clarkson hit him, Morgan mentioned on the Big Fish podcast: “That scar on my head is the place he punched me within the head, we’re not precisely finest buddies, though we get on wonderful now.”

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Morgan mentioned that it happened when he was editor of the Mirror and had revealed images of Clarkson that he wasn’t happy with, “so subsequent time he noticed me he punched me within the head, which I assumed was completely cheap”.

The star, 57, mentioned that he may have “performed the sufferer” after the altercation.

He mentioned: “However I went, you realize what? Truthful sufficient, I would of in all probability accomplished the identical.”

Clarkson, 62, later addressed the row in an interview with Sir Michael Parkinson, saying it had been “the primary time I’ve hit anyone ever”.

Morgan and Clarkson beforehand compared their battle wounds once they got here face-to-face on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, which Clarkson hosts, three years in the past.

Morgan went on the programme to try to win cash for charity and confessed he was anxious about asking his outdated enemy for assist by utilizing the Ask the Host lifeline.

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“I can consider 1,000,000 the explanation why I should not belief you, together with this scar on my brow,” he quipped.

“And there is your damaged finger, from when he struck me.”

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