Jeremy Clarkson hit by ‘gut-wrenching’ loss on farm after ‘goodbye’ | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Clarkson’s Farm viewers will be aware of how conflicted Jeremy, 62, often feels over his role as a farmer and the owner of Diddly Squat Farm.

The former Top Gear presenter previously struggled to send his sheep to the abattoir for the first time in an episode of the Amazon Prime Video show.

Fans saw Jeremy Clarkson shedding a tear over saying goodbye to his flock, but the star has now revealed that he found the departure of seven of his male pigs even more “gut-wrenching”.

Sharing his heartbreaking loss that took place last week on his farm in the Cotswolds, Jeremy admitted in his latest column for The Sunday Times: “I can never sleep properly the night before they go, and all the way to the slaughterhouse I have what feels like a hot cricket ball in the pit of my stomach.

“And then when it’s finally time to say goodbye, I always become a little bit unmanly.”

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He added: “I know that I’m trying to be a farmer and that this is what farmers do.

“And I know I will enjoy the bacon and ham and pork chops that result.

“But it’s not easy, taking seven happy, healthy pigs from their woodland home to their deaths.

“Especially as pig prices are currently so low I’ll almost certainly end up making a loss on the transaction.”

Sadly for Jeremy, his troubles weren’t over, as after looking forward to his remaining pigs welcoming new piglets into the world, “the report was gloomy”.

After his girlfriend Lisa Hogan checked to see why one of their pregnant pigs had only given birth to one piglet, Jeremy had to call the 24-hour emergency vet’s helpline to get some advice.

Jeremy was surprised that the problem could be resolved by taking the mother pig for a walk, which prompted the arrival of 10 piglets the next morning.

The mother pig was later nicknamed Clumsy by Jeremy and Lisa, after she tragically sat on two of her 10 piglets, leading to their deaths.

“This is extremely irritating, and sad too. And expensive,” Jeremy told the publication of the unfortunate accident.

He added, sadly: “All I know is that so far 28 pigs have been born and eight have been killed.

“That’s more than a quarter and that’s one hell of a rate of attrition.”

Jeremy previously celebrated the arrival of the farm’s first piglet back in January.

The star posed for an Instagram photo with the adorable baby animal alongside the caption: “An piglet. Our first.”