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An article written by media character Jeremy Clarkson about Meghan Markle and branded “deeply misogynist” has been pulled from each the web site and archives of The Sun.
On Friday, one week after the the Top Gear host wrote that he hated the Duchess of Sussex “on a cellular level,” the outlet stated it was “sincerely sorry.”
“It provoked a strong response and led to a large number of complaints to IPSO, the independent press regulator,” The Sun famous in a brand new assertion launched Friday.
The article was taken down from The Sun‘s web site on Monday with an preliminary message that learn: “In light of Jeremy Clarkson’s tweet he has asked us to take last week’s column down.”
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In his article, Clarkson referenced a well-known scene from Game of Thrones, writing: “At night, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my teeth and dreaming 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.”
In a tweet printed following the article’s launch, Clarkson known as it “a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones,” acknowledging that it “has gone down badly with a great many people.”
“I’m horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future,” Clarkson added.
In its personal assertion on Friday, The Sun stated: “Columnists’ opinions are their own, but as a publisher, we realize that with free expression comes responsibility. We at The Sun regret the publication of this article and we are sincerely sorry.”
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Clarkson’s article got here amid the discharge of Meghan and Prince Harry’s Netflix docuseries, by which the couple opened up concerning the social media threats they’ve acquired lately. In one poignant second, Meghan spoke about having seen a tweet that stated: “Meghan just needs to die. Someone needs to kill her. Maybe it should be me.”
“And I was just like, ‘Okay.’ That’s, like, what’s actually out in the world because of people creating hate,” Meghan stated within the docuseries.
Clarkson’s article sparked near-immediate backlash from Brits, with greater than 6,000 complaints being made to press regulator IPSO concerning the piece, in accordance with the BBC.
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, who was additionally named within the article as somebody that Clarkson “hates,” known as the piece “deeply misogynist.”
“I think what he said about Meghan Markle was deeply misogynist and just downright awful and horrible,” she stated, in accordance with The Times. “My overwhelming emotion about guys like Jeremy Clarkson is pity. I mean, what is it that makes somebody so distorted by hate that they end up writing these things? I think that possibly gives an insight into Jeremy Clarkson and the kind of person he is. So maybe he just needs to take a step back from things and just think about life a bit more.”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan took to Twitter to offer his own condemnation of Clarkson, writing: “As Jeremy Clarkson should well know – words have consequences. The words in his piece are no joke – they’re dangerous and inexcusable. We are in an epidemic of violence against women and girls and men with powerful voices must do better than this.”
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