Jeremy Clarkson has said he feels scared to be a newspaper columnist following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk , the influential right-wing activist.

In a comment shortly after Kirk’s death was confirmed, Clarkson wrote on X/Twitter: “For the first time in my life, I’m genuinely frightened about being a newspaper columnist.”

An X user implored the former Top Gear presenter to stick to writing about cars, to which Clarkson replied: “But what if someone disagrees with my view that, say, the new M5 is a bit dull. Everyone is so angry all the time these days.”

The Clarkson’s Farm star writes weekly op-eds for Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun and The Sunday Times newspapers, where he is known for being deliberately provocative.

After Clarkson’s remark about being frightened to voice

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