Petition calling for ITV to keep Jeremy Clarkson reaches over 22,000 signatures

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Petition calling for ITV to keep Jeremy Clarkson reaches over 22,000 signatures
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More than 20,000 people have signed a petition urging ITV to keep Jeremy Clarkson hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

The former Top Gear presenter, 62, was at the centre of intense backlash last month after stating that heAmid the backlash, which even saw his own daughter Emily Clarkson condemn him for his comments,The head of ITV, Carlyn McCall, stressed that Clarkson’s views werewhile the network’s boss Kevin Lygo added: ‘I would say what he writes in a newspaper column… We have no control over what he says.’

According to bookmaker William Hill, Harry Potter star Warwick Davis is one of the frontrunners who could take over from Clarkson, with odds of 8/1, having previously hosted ITV game shows Celebrity Squares and Tenable. However, this has prompted the Free Speech Union to create a petition for Clarkson to remain on the show.The couple shared their dissatisfaction over Clarkson’s apology

‘If people make mistakes and then apologise for them, we should give them the benefit of the doubt, not seek to destroy their livelihoods and turn them into social pariahs,” the petition on‘Finally, we would ask you to bear in mind the price Jeremy Clarkson has already paid for his remarks. Amazon has indicated it will not commission any more seasons of Clarkson’s Farm or The Grand Tour and his Sun column has not appeared in the newspaper again, suggesting he has lost that, too.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry and Meghan shared their dissatisfaction over Clarkson’s apology, slamming his ‘

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