‘This is not an isolated incident shared in haste’

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reject Jeremy Clarkson’s latest apology for his December op-ed in The Sun.

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British broadcaster, journalist and game host Jeremy Clarkson issued a second apology on Monday for the deranged and now deleted op ed in The Sun that he wrote about Meghan Markle in early December.

“I really am sorry. All the way up to the balls and follicles of my head. This is me trying to put my hands up. It’s a mea culpa with bells on,” he says.

I am sorry for this long apology shared to Instagram, Clarkson details how apologetic he is, explaining that the original article was written “in a hurry” before submission.

“Usually, I read what I’ve written to someone else before filing, but I was home alone on that fateful day, and in a hurry. So when I’d finished, I just pressed send. And then, when the column appeared the next day, the land mine exploded,” Clarkson wrote.

The controversial broadcaster explains that he was “mortified” by what he wrote about Markle, especially when he said he dreamt “of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while the crowds chant, ‘Shame!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her.”

Clarkson said he was “thinking of a scene in ‘Game of Thrones,’” but forgot to mention it in the op-ed, which made him look like he was “actually calling for revolting violence to rain down on Meghan’s head,” the post read.

He was “very angry” with himself because despite previously being entangled in controversy, “it was very rarely sexism.”

“I’m just not sexist and I abhor violence against women. But I was advocating for exactly that. I was mortified and so was everyone else,” he said.

Many people, including colleagues, friends and his daughter, have publicly condemned Clarkson since the original article was published. Clarkson may also be facing legal action. further consequences with Amazon.

Monday’s apology was made by the 62-year old journalist after he tried to reach out to the duke & duchess on Christmas Day. This fact has been slightly corrected by the couple.

A statement shared with People magazine A spokesperson for Harry & Markle confirmed that Clarkson sent Harry only an apology email. This report also mentions how Clarkson’s latest apology only scratches the surface.

“While a new public apology has been issued today by Mr. Clarkson, what remains to be addressed is his long-standing pattern of writing articles that spread hate rhetoric, dangerous conspiracy theories, and misogyny. Unless each of his other pieces were also written “in a hurry,” as he states, it is clear that this is not an isolated incident shared in haste, but rather a series of articles shared in hate,” said the spokesperson.

Clarkson began Monday’s apology by noting that he was taking the time to do it because his first attempt wasn’t enough.

“One of the strange things I’ve noticed in recent times is that whenever an MP or a well-known person is asked to apologize for something, no matter how heartfelt or profound that apology may be, it’s never enough for the people who called for it in the first place,” he said.

He may be interested in trying again.

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