SAD NEWS from Fox: Uma Pemmaraju – First Indian-American TV Pioneer Di3s at 64!

Uma Pemmaraju, an original Fox News anchor and pioneering Indian-American journalist, has di3d. She was 64.

“We are deeply saddened by the d3ath of Uma Pemmaraju, who was one of FOX News Channel’s founding anchors and was on the air the day we launched,” FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement Tuesday. “Uma was an incredibly talented journalist as well as a warm and lovely person, best known for her kindness to everyone she worked with. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her entire family,”

The cause of her d3ath was not immediately known, per the network.

Pemmaraju was on set when Fox News launched on October 7, 1996, first anchoring Fox News Now and Fox On Trends.

After departing for Bloomberg News, she returned to Fox in 2003 as a substitute anchor for The Fox Report and the Sunday edition of FOX News Live, according to the New York Post, and even once had a sit-down with the Dalai Lama.

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When she was six-years-old, Pemmaraju’s family moved from Rajahmundry, India to San Antonio, Texas, and was the only Indian family in the city, according to a 1993 article in The Boston Globe.

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Her father was a research scientist who specialized in birth control and had been asked to start a new foundation for population studies, per the newspaper, while her mother, a housewife, raised Uma and her two brothers as Americans with “Indian cultural values.”

Uma graduated from Trinity University with a degree in political science, and her first job in journalism was at the San Antonio Express-News.

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She then launched her career in broadcasting at a news affiliate in Dallas, before an Emmy-award-winning stint in Baltimore and then moved on to Boston, where she worked at WBZ-TV, according to Fox News.

At the time, the Globe reported that she “burst onto Boston’s media scene in 1984 like a rocket with booster jets blazing.”

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Former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly, sportscaster Michele Tafoya and WBZ-TV Boston anchor David Wade are among those who have shared their condolences on Twitter about Pemmaraju’s d3ath.

“Her family tells me she was a ‘noble soul and pioneer’ as an Indian Asian American news woman of prominence,” Wade wrote on Twitter.

Opening up to the Globe in 1993, Pemmaraju described herself as “a conduit to help other people.”

“I don’t want to sound too sentimental. But that’s what I’m about. I want to use my celebrity to help people, to help bring about something that needs to be done,” she said at the time.

Charles Krauthammer DI3S: Fox News loses a fierce dissenting voice on climate change!

 

Those steadfastly rejecting climate change science or arguments for “doing something” about the issue lost a strong voice with the passing of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer, who di3d at age 68 on June 21.

An online search of Krauthammer’s columns and analyses over the past several decades when he was prominent shows no sign that he addressed the climate issue frequently. Only strongly, often in his role as a commentator for Fox News but also in his Washington Post columns. He was particularly critical of those, including President Barack Obama, who he characterized as having suggested that climate science in many ways is “settled science.”

“There is nothing more anti-scientific than the very idea that science is settled, static, impervious to change,” Krauthammer wrote in a 2014 column. He pointed to changing scientific evidence on mammograms for reducing breast cnc3r d3aths as an example: “And climate is less well understood than breast cnc3r,” he opined. “Why do its predictions keep changing?”

In his writings on the subject, Krauthammer was critical of climate scientists’ basing their predictions “on models they fall in love with,” seemingly rejecting many scientists’ views that models are but one means of reaching conclusions about the changing climate. He quoted University of Alabama-Huntsville atmospheric scientists John Christy and Richard McNider as saying climate models are “consistently and spectacularly wrong” … “and always, amazingly in the same direction.” That’s a conclusion strongly rejected, for instance, by climate scientists such as regular contributor Zeke Hausfather, in a recent Carbon Brief analysis re-posted in Yale Climate Connections.

Saw himself as neither a global warming ‘believer’ nor ‘denier’

“I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier,” Krauthammer wrote in that 2014 “Myth of ‘settled science’” column. “I’ve long believed that it cannot be good for humanity to be spewing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.” But as for those scientists who he said “pretend to know exactly what this will cause in 20, 30, or 50 years”? They are “white-coated propagandists.”

Krauthammer pointed to the United Kingdom’s national weather service as agreeing there had been “no change” in global temperatures – a “pause” – over a decade and a half. There is no sign of his later having addressed that issue in his columns once a range of scientific evidence appeared to challenge his views.

Krauthammer strangely chose to point to tornadoes to buttress his position on climate science, even though few if any respected climate scientists have found evidence of a link to climate change. But “every time one hits, the climate-change commentary begins,” he wrote. He said a 30-year decline in extreme tornado activity, “F3 and above,” justified his reluctance to accept scientists’ precautions.

“None of this is dispositive,” Krauthammer continued. “It doesn’t settle the issue. But that’s the point, it mocks the very notion of settled science.” It’s an example of Krauthammer’s perhaps having taken that easily dismissed meme – settled science – to its illogical extreme, notwithstanding the science community’s more nuanced approach to that term.

In a 2005 commentary on energy policy, Krauthammer praised $3.50 per-gallon gasoline, but not “the catastrophic hurricanes that caused it,” as “the simplest way to induce conservation.” And doing so without “the waste and folly of an army of bureaucrats telling auto companies what cars in which fleets need to meet what arbitrary standards of fuel efficiency.”

In that column, Krauthammer complained that “for decades we’ve been dithering over drilling in a tiny part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Look, I too love the caribou. They are sweet, picturesque, and reputedly harmless.” He panned what he saw as extreme concerns over Arctic oil exploration and drilling, and drilling  on the continental shelf and said “the same logic applies to refineries.”

Finding “not a single national politician” daring to support higher gas taxes, Krauthammer wrote, “We are criminally unserious about energy independence, and we will pay the price.”

More recently, Krauthammer said on Fox News in May 2014 that it’s “absurd” that “we who have trouble forecasting what’s going to happen on Saturday in the climate could pretend to be predicting what’s going to happen in 30, 40 years.”

“You always see that no matter what happens, whether it’s a flood or it’s a drought, whether it’s warming or cooling, it’s always a result of what is ultimately what we’re talking about here is human sin with pollution of carbon. It’s the oldest superstition around. It was in the Old Testament. It’s in the rain dance of Native Americans. If you sin, the skies will not cooperate. This is quite superstitious, and I am waiting for science which doesn’t declare itself definitive but is otherwise convincing.”

Serious students of climate science can no doubt find shortcomings and seeming blind spots in Krauthammer’s familiarity with climate science, while at the same time acknowledging his overall brilliance and admiring him for having overcome physical challenges resulting from an accident in his youth. Toward the end of his highly productive career, he appears to have wielded his rhetorical sword more often on the air than in print when addressing climate change issues, and he pretty much aligned with those seen as unabashed “skeptics” in his Fox News appearances.

Krauthammer’s death marks the end of one strong, if not necessarily frequent, voice on the climate issue, in his case expressing views clearly aligned with those challenging the science or the need to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions.

Brooke Taylor is leaving her abc13 KTRK Houston reporter/fill-in anchor position to join the FOX News Channel as a Dallas-based correspondent in September 2024, the cable network has confirmed to mikemcguff.com.

Taylor’s bio says she “isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions and hold public officials accountable.”

That statement must be true since less than a year after her Houston arrival, another TV station’s crew asked me who that new 13 reporter was in press conferences hammering officials with questions.

She joined abc13 in July 2021 from ABC6 WLNE Rhode Island, where she had been the weekend anchor since 2019.

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University grad previously worked for WETM Elmira, New York, as a weekday evening anchor/reporter.

Fox News ‘Princess’ WEDS in D.C. Fairytale Ceremony – Heart-melting moments steal the spotlight!

 

Although Tahiti might be warm and beautiful, there is nothing like having a Washington society wedding right at your doorstep—we don’t call it ‘America the beautiful’ for nothing! Speaking of beautiful, we couldn’t help but include the stunning Angela McGlowan and her husband John Venners in the Society Wedding feature. Angela McGlowan is host of the Fox Channel’s “Street Talk” in New York,a former DC beauty queen, and Miss America pageant contestant; John Venners is CEO of Veneers Group in Fairfax and a handsome fellow in his own right.

For the ceremony, the bride wore a tastefully selected Vera Wang gown. The church was filled with hundreds of flowers that perfumed the air and gave way to an afternoon fit only for a king and queen in love. After they vows exchanged vows, the happy couple celebrated with 250 of their closest friends at Sequoia Restaurant on the waterfront in Georgetown. The menu included Pumpkin and Pear Sachotte finished with truffle cream, fresh Apple and blue cheese baby greens with cider vinaigrette, yellowfin Tuna with lime soy and ginger, grilled lamb chops with wine sauce, chocolate dipped strawberries, and last but certainly not least, a wedding cake and flutes of champagne. Guests danced the night away until the bride and groom retired to their yacht—the happy couple honeymooned in Italy.

Angela and John leaving the wedding

Angela and John leaving the wedding

 

Fox News ROCKED by INTERNAL SCANDAL – Makeup artist Juan takes on the Media Giant – Case involves veteran anchors Harris Faulkner and Angela McGlowan!

I think it’s safe to assume that most of our audience doesn’t make a habit of watching Fox News. So the following names might be news for you all, as they were for me. Still, the story is interesting so here we go.

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner and contributor Angela McGlowan are both being sued by a makeup artist accusing them of d1scriminati0n based on his s3xuality.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, Juan Legramandi alleges that McGlowan entered the green room back in February 2018, walked past him and another openly gay stylist and said, “Ugh! It’s like S0d0m and G0m0rrah in here!”

Legramandi claimed that in September 2017, he was doing Faulkner’s hair when a story about Latina women crossing the U.S. border came on television. In the suit, Legramandi claimed that Faulkner went on a xen0ph0bic, @nt1-Lat1n0 tirade, which included a statement saying, “H1spanic w0men are s0 ign0rant.”

When he told Faulkner that his mother was Latina and that he’d been born in Colombia, Faulkner responded, “Y0ur fam1lly is from a th1rd w0rld c0untry.”

Legramandi filed a complaint with Fox News’ Human Resources department but claims that nothing was done. Instead, he claimed that Jill Van Why, Senior VP of programming operations told him in June 2018, that everyone is replaceable. Legramandi said he took the comment as a threat.

Juan says eventually he was fired by Van Why and Marsheila Hayes, the VP of diversity and inclusion at Fox News.

Legramandi is suing all four of the women and the network for s3xual d1scriminati0n, ethnic d1scriminati0n, s3xual 0rientati0n d1scriminati0n and retaliation.

DOUBLE SH0CK – BBC News veteran George Alagiah, 67, Di3s after 10-year Canc3r battle – BUT his WILL leaves his Family in Silent Disbelief!

BBC legend d13d penniless as he left wife meagre sum despite huge wage for years

George Alagiah tragically d13d in July 2023 at the age of 67 after a 10-year battle with b0wel cncer.

George Alagiah: BBC News host d13s aged 67 in 2023

The late BBC newsreader George Alagiah left a modest £49,000 to his wife and family in his will. He sadly passed away on 24 July 2023 at the age of 67, following a ten-year battle with b0wel cncer. The will of the former News at Six presenter revealed that George had £49,387 to his name at the time of his d3ath. His widow Frances Alagiah, who is the sole executrix, received this sum. The couple were married for 39 years and have two sons, Adam and Matthew.

According to the BBC, he earned between £335,000 and £399,999. The corporation discloses the salaries of its highest paid stars, and these figures were released just two weeks before his passing. The will stipulates that if his wife were to predecease him, his sister Miriam Christine Denington would become the guardian of his children, as reported by Needs To Know. George then named his four sisters and sister-in-law as his trustees, each receiving an equal share of his estate, reports the Mirror. The respected journalist and presenter also expressed his wish to be cr3mated.

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George Alagiah passed away from b0wel cncer in 2023 (Image: PA)

The will of George Maxwell Aligiah read: “I appoint my wife Frances Alagiah to be Sole Executrix of this my will but if she shall have d13d in my lifetime or before proving my Will or shall renounce probate or be unable or unwilling for whatever reason to prove my will then I appoint as alternate Executors and Trustees of my Will my sister-in-law Helen Robathan and my sister Miriam Christine Denington and I declare that the person or persons who shall prove my will are hereinafter referred to as ‘my trustees’.

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“My trustees shall have the power to invest as freely as if they were beneficially entitled. My trustees shall have the power to insure any asset of my estate on such terms as they think fit and to pay premiums out of income or capital. To use any insurance money received to restore the asset or if this is not possible to apply it as if it were the proceeds of its sale.

“My trustees may use the income or capital of my estate for or towards the cost of maintaining or improving freehold or leasehold property forming part of my estate. My trustees shall have the power in exercising the statutory power of appointing new trustees to appoint a professional person or trust corporation at such remuneration and on such other terms as shall be agreed.

“The Last Will and Testament of Maxwell Alagiah was proved and registered before the High Court of Justice. The Administration of George’s estate is granted by this court to the following Executor of Frances Alagiah. The application has stated that the gross value of the estate in the United Kingdom amounts to £49,387.00 and the net value amounts to £49,387.00.”

The broadcaster has been a familiar face on BBC News at Six since 2007. George received a diagnosis of b0wel cncer nine years ago and underwent 17 rounds of chemotherapy and five operations in 2014 to combat the disease, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes.

The father-of-two resumed work in April after his treatment, attributing his job with “keeping energised and motivated”. However, just six months later in October, he informed viewers that he needed to step back, stating, “It’s back to the tough stuff” upon learning that the disease had returned.

UNBELIEVABLE – ONE-OF-A-KIND “CROSSOVER” between Coronation Street and Doctor Who sends UK TV fans into a frenzy!

CORONATION Street actress Kimberly Hart-Simpson has revealed she has found love with Doctor Who star Nathan McMullen.

The new couple have gone Instagram official with their romance, after posting a series of loved-up snaps from a romantic trip to Blackpool.

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Coronation Street star has revealed she is dating Doctor Who star Nathan McMullenCredit: Instagram

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The new couple have gone Instagram official with their loveCredit: Instagram

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Kimberly plays Nicky Wheatley in CorrieCredit: ITV

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Nathan played Wolf the Elf in Doctor WhoCredit: IMBD
The soap star, who is best known for playing Nikki Wheatley on Corrie, recently teased that she had finally found love but didn’t reveal who her mystery man was.

But now, the actress, 38, has confirmed she is dating Nathan, 37.

Doctor Who fans will recognise him from playing Wolf the Elf in the festive edition of the sci-fi show in 2014.

He also played Finn in Misfits, and Angelo in Shameless.

Revealing their romance, Celebs Go Dating star Kimberly took to Instagram to make things official.

She shared a slew of sweet snaps from a trip to Blackpool with her new man.

Captioning the post, the actress joked: “When choosing a partner it helps that they are the same size clothing/footsize cus not only do you get a new bestie…

“But a new wardrobe too.”

She then added: “Anyways thoroughly enjoying seeing the world (Blackpool) with you @nathanmcmullen88.”

Kimberly’s friends and followers were quick to congratulate her on her new relationship.

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The pair are thought to have been introduced by Kimberley’s best friend and former Hollyoaks actress Jessica Ellis.

Jessica, who played Tegan Lomax on the Channel 4 soap, confirmed how she played matchmaker between the pair, and commented, “Just call me Cilla.” underneath her pal’s post.

Corrie fans know Kimberly for playing the role of sex worker Nicky.

Her character arrived on the famous cobbles in 2020, and she struck up a surprising friendship with Dan Osborne, after he enlisted her services following the death of his wife Sinead Tinker.

As well as playing Nicky in Corrie on and off since 2020, Kimberly also starred alongside EastEnders star Danielle Harold for Celebrity Hunted earlier this year.

Away from TV, Kimberly runs her own fashion business, Hart-Work.

When she left Corrie in 2022, before returning last year, she set up the reupholstering company.

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The loved-up pair shared their romantic trip to Blackpool

“I couldn’t even muster the courage to finish listening to her” – UK viewers left numb by Kate Bottley’s sh0cking revelations about Gogglebox’s behind-the-scenes Reality!

FORMER Gogglebox star Rev Kate Bottley has slammed the “expl01tative” show, saying she LIED to quit it and made no money.

Kate, 50, who now presents on BBC Radio 2, revealed she gave a fake excuse to step away from the hit Channel 4 series – but had no intention of ever coming back.

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Former Gogglebox star Rev Kate Bottley has slammed the “expl01tative” show, saying she LIED to quit it and made no moneyCredit: Instagram
The Church of England vicar, who appeared on Gogglebox with her husband Graham for five series until 2016, said signing up for the show ended up damaging her family’s home life.

She alleged it left her children isolated, meal times disrupted, and their modest fee swallowed up by hidden costs.

Speaking on the Walking the Dog podcast, Kate said: “I wish I’d known how much it took over our life for two and a half years. It’s reality TV, it’s by its nature consensual exploitation.”

The journalist said she originally agreed to take part in a bid to change how people of faith were portrayed on screen – but soon found the filming schedule was “quite intrusive”.

Her son Arthur, who she described as on the “autistic spectrum”, and daughter Ruby, then still in school, would hide away in their rooms twice a week while a large production crew set up in the family home.

She continued: “My kids spent two-and-a-half years sat in their bedrooms every Tuesday and Thursday night or whatever nights they came to film.

“My kids didn’t have friends round for a lot [of the time], didn’t have help with their homework. Things like that.”

Meal times also took a hit, with Kate adding: “I’m married to a man who won’t eat takeaways, and I don’t want to be filmed eating on camera so I was like, ‘No, I’ll cook.’ There were casseroles and chillis.”

She added: “They paid, but I cooked two nights a week for the crew… all the money we got from it went on the electricity, the internet connection that they were using, and the food and being hospitable to six people in my home two nights a week.

“It’s a vicarage as well, I should be hospitable. We should be sharing our home to people, and eating food together.

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“It was a good two and a half years but we couldn’t have done any more. It got to the point where we were just a bit overwhelmed.”

Kate said she was first approached to take part after a 2013 video of her dancing down the aisle to Kool & the Gang’s Celebration at a wedding she officiated went viral.

It clocked more than eight million views on YouTube and caught the attention of Channel 4, who signed her and Graham up the following year.

The pair were a hit with audiences, but Kate’s confident personality drew online criticism from some viewers.

She recalled: “We used to get that whole ‘Oh, you never let your husband speak.’ It was like, ‘Wow.’ Be careful there, your misogyny’s showing.

“Of course if you’re a confident woman married to a quieter man he must be henpecked, and he must be bossed about – it’s not that he’s just naturally quieter. In any relationship there’s someone that is more outgoing.”

She said that while she and Graham were paid, the fee was small – and worse, being tied into the show stopped her from taking up better-paid offers elsewhere.

She said: “As well as finding the modest amount of money we were paid disappearing. There was stuff coming in that I wanted to have a go at that I just wasn’t able contractually to do.”

Offers from major entertainment shows like Would I Lie To You? were off the table due to the show’s strict exclusivity clause.

Kate said: “There’s quite tight exclusivity, and rightly so. Because if you’re filming ordinary people sat on their sofa watching TV you can’t then have those people on the TV. It sort of breaks the fourth wall too much.”

Eventually, the family decided to walk away from Gogglebox, but not before offering viewers a cover story.

She said: “It so happened that it came around the time that Ruby was doing her GCSEs so the excuse we gave was, ‘We’re going to take some time away while she does her exams.’ But we were just a bit overwhelmed.”

Despite her experience, Kate credits the show with boosting her public profile.

Since quitting, she’s become a regular on Songs of Praise and built a successful career in radio and television, while husband Graham returned to teaching music.

Speaking of her decision to go on Gogglebox, Kate previously told The Sun: “We wanted to show people that just because we have a faith and are Christians, it doesn’t mean we are four-headed.

Kate met her husband Graham at school when both were aged 13 years old but didn’t begin dating until they were 18.

 

Since her rise to fame. she has put her culinary skills under the microscope on Celebrity MasterChef.

She has also presented the BBC’s Songs of Praise.

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Kate appeared on Gogglebox with her husband Graham for five series until 2016Credit: Handout

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Since her rise to fame. she has put her culinary skills under the microscope on Celebrity MasterChefCredit: BBC

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Kate now presents on BBC Radio 2

“I’m NOT Even Disappointed in Jeremy anymore – I just DON’T CARE” – Viewer slams Clarkson’s Farm Season 4 changes as backlash erupts, and Clarkson’s Cold Clapback HITS fans like Ice Water!

Jeremy Clarkson has shared a defiant 11-word response to Clarkson’s Farm series four backlash as he shuts down viewers’ biggest complaint.

The latest season of the documentary series landed on Amazon Prime on 23 May and then wrapped up earlier this month.

It followed the former Top Gear presenter, 65, create and manage his own pub called The Farmer’s Dog, unlike the previous seasons which has followed him on the farm.

Many have shared how they much preferred the programme when it was focused on his farm.

Jeremy posted on X: ‘Series 4 of Clarkson’s Farm. Who do we like most? Endgame? Or Richard Ham?’

To which a fan replied: ‘Talking about the TV show, I enjoyed more when it was more farm related. The pub was as overwhelming to you as for us lol.’

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Jeremy Clarkson has shared a defiant 11-word response to Clarkson’s Farm series four backlash as he shuts down viewers’ biggest complaint

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It followed the former Top Gear presenter, 65, create and manage his own pub called The Farmer’s Dog, unlike the previous seasons which has followed him on the farm

‘I know what you mean but the pub IS farm related,’ Jeremy replied, shutting down the objection.

Meanwhile on Reddit, others said the same thing.

‘Season 4 was more like Clarksons ‘Pub’ than Clarksons Farm.’

‘I think the show would be a lot more interesting if they focused more on the farm, and less on the pub and other outside activities.’

However others have shared how much they enjoyed the recent series on X.

‘Love Clarkson’s farm, amazing telly #clarksonsfarm.’

‘It may sound crazy, but I love the Diddly Squad family. Absolutely love these people.’

‘#Clarksonsfarm love this programme.’

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Many have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts on the latest series of the documentary series

Clarkson’s Farm fans make desperate plea to Jeremy and show bosses for next series amid flurry of scathing complaints

Since its launch in 2021, Clarkson’s Farm has received rave reviews, from critics and audiences alike.

It has given audiences a glimpse of the complexities of life on a farm- including the time pressure that goes into ploughing fields and sowing seeds, the sensitivity of crops and the farmer’s connection to the weather cycle and nature.

Despite the chaos, the show consistently showcases the beauty of the verdant Cotswolds and the simple, humorous joys of country life.

However, many ruled that the most recent season of the show took a more pessimistic tone.

Season 4 of Clarkson’s Farm was released in three instalments, with the final two episodes of the season arriving on Prime Video on June 6th 2025.

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Clarkson’s Farm fans make desperate plea to Jeremy and show bosses for next series amid flurry of scathing complaints

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The season is orientated around Jeremy’s aspiration to become a pub landlord, and the creation of his pub, The Farmer’s Dog

The season is orientated around Jeremy’s aspiration to become a pub landlord, and the creation of his pub, The Farmer’s Dog.

Fans suggested that the latest episodes are devoid of the first season’s country charm and were even too stressful to enjoy.

On Reddit, a discussion emerged, sparked by one fan, who reviewed the newest season, saying ‘I grew up on a farm. I now keep ducks. I understand mud, mess, and malfunction – I practically thrive in it. But even I found season 4 more existential crisis than entertaining chaos.’

‘This season was too much, it wasn’t the fun farming show with Jezza doing stupid and smart at the same time. It was too stressful to be enjoyable, the last 2 episodes especially,’ said another.

‘Lacking in genuine laughs and feel good moments…’ echoed a third.

But some commended Clarkson on his depiction of the day in, day out ‘plight of the British farmer ‘, and the hardships that the agricultural industry demands.

‘Things are so hard out there in real life. They said early on in the season how many pubs have shut down, and he decided to push on anyways,’ a fan noted.

‘They said how many subsidies have been cancelled, and they decided to push on anyways. This is what farmers, local entrepreneurs do every single day; because what happens if they don’t.

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One fan fumed: ‘This season was too much, it wasn’t the fun farming show with Jezza doing stupid and smart at the same time. It was too stressful to be enjoyable, the last 2 episodes especially’

‘This season is quite demoralizing, tragic even I would say; but I feel for him, for them all, and I would only ever continue encouraging them to keep on keeping on. Their work matters so much.’

Clarkson himself pointed out the importance of preserving pubs in the countryside, which are fast becoming scarcer: ‘Loneliness is becoming a big issue in rural areas,’ said Clarkson.

‘If we end up at a point where there is no village pub, what is a village?’

Clarkson’s Farm has already been confirmed to have been renewed for season 5, and the general consensus amongst the audience is, they want to see a shift back to the lighthearted dynamic of earlier seasons and keep the focus on farming tasks.

‘Honestly, I felt more proud watching him grow his first potato and shout “I did a thing” than I did watching him throw piles of money at building a pub under pressure,’ followed up another.

The majority of fans feel that the show was at its peak when it focused on the farming basics: Jeremy Clarkson, Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland vs Mother Nature.

‘I want it to still be grounded in reality (such as the paint marker attachment for the seed drill) rather than trying something that stands no chance of working (like growing coffee) or feels like it is only being done for sheer spectacle (such as hiring a fleet of combine harvesters to try and complete the harvest in record time),’ another chimed in.

While a third echoed: ‘I completely agree, one thing I liked about the first season that is was just a lot slower. Less stuff were going on so you had the idea you were following growth.’

Clarkson’s Farm fans sunk their claws into two ‘horrendous’ stars that appeared in the Prime Video show’s finale.

The docu-series, which follows Jeremy Clarkson as he runs his own farm Diddly Squat in Oxfordshire, hit our screens in 2021.

The latest fourth series was released on the streaming service last month and fans are heartbroken that it has already come to an end.

Episodes Hurrying and Landlording were released on June 6 – and followed the Top Gear presenter get ready to open his pub The Farmer’s Dog.

But while watching the final two instalments, some viewers had the same complaint about pub consultants Sue and Rachel Hawkins.

The pair – who are known in the Cotswolds for transforming pubs – raised a few eyebrows when Pat Cummins told Jeremy to fork out on a number of questionable items, despite his £25,000 budget.

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Clarkson’s Farm fans sunk their claws into two ‘horrendous’ stars that appeared on the Amazon Prime show finale

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The docu-series, which follows Jeremy Clarkson run his own farm Diddly Squat in Oxfordshire, hit our screens in 2021

One of those recommendations was to spend £40,000 on outdoor umbrellas.

The pair ended up giving up their duties before the pub even opened, which left some viewers raging and taking to X, formerly known as Twitter to share their thoughts.

‘These two took all the money and after just two days of operation, claimed the building was not suitable as a pub, quit, and left all the mess behind.

‘You either point that out first and turn down the job, or take the money and make it work. scam+attitude issue #clarksonsfarm.’

‘These 2 “experts” the entire time had no issues with the pub, just wanted Jeremy to spend, spend, spend.

‘Tough opening and they both just f**k off, saying building’s knackered. Where was that thought process before opening? Absolute frauds.’

‘Never have I seen 2 people promise so much and deliver so little. I have a burning hatred of everything they are.

‘They took on a job, they didn’t raise imperative issues before hand and just let people suffer and stress.’

Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts on the pair

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But while watching the final two instalments, some viewers had the same complaint about pub consultants Sue and Rachel Hawkins

It comes after Pat Cummins exposed Jeremy’s surprising act at 10am after a revealing chat with host.

Just a few days ahead of the World Test Championship final at Lord’s, Clarkson welcomed the Australian cricket captain to his famous Oxfordshire farm, Diddly Squat, to film a segment for the show.

‘I’ve never been a fan of cricket,’ Clarkson remarked.

‘I always had too much hay fever to know what was going on.’

Speaking to Nine’s Today show, Cummins revealed that Clarkson had another reason to be interested in the sport.

‘He grows willow trees, so he’s making cricket bats,’ said Cummins.

‘I think he sees a fortune in the future where he’s going to sell these willow trees across to India or Australia, so he talked commercial terms on some of these things rather than cricket.’

Days before, new Diddly Squat farmhand Harriet Cowan took a cheeky swipe at boss Jeremy Clarkson by claiming not all farmers are ’60-year-old men with beer bellies’.

‘Was unpaid’: Kaleb Cooper reveals truth about Clarkson’s Farm absence

The glam blonde, 24, also starred in season four after manager Kaleb, 26, was unable to appear in several episodes.

Now Harriett, who also works as a nurse, has said she hopes her starring role in the show will help challenge stereotypes around who can be a farmer.

She told BBC News: ‘I think when you talk to somebody and ask what they stereotypically think of when someone says farmer they say “60-year-old man with a checked shirt and a beer belly”, and a lot of the time that is it, but us women are out here and farmers too.

‘Just because I’m a small blonde that likes to curl her hair and wear make-up, it doesn’t mean I can’t be a farmer’.

“I’m SORRY for LYING to the viewers” – Kate Bottley reflects on herself and Drops a B0mbshell about her Sh0cking Gogglebox Contract after QUITTING, leaving UK TV audiences stunned!

Radio 2 presenter the Rev Kate Bottley has revealed she had to quit Gogglebox because the TV show was damaging her family’s home life – while being tied to it also started costing her money.

Bottley, who proved a hit on the show, said although she left with an excuse which led viewers to believe it was a temporary departure, she had no intention of returning.

Unaware how taking part would ‘take over our lives’, Bottley agreed to do the show to try and change the public perception of people of faith – but she said it ended up ‘c0nsensual expl0itation’.

She said her son Arthur, who she described as on the ‘aut1stic sp3ctrum’, and daughter Ruby, then at school, missed out on help with their homework and visits from their friends, as they stayed in their rooms while a large crew were in their home.

Family meal times were also disrupted, while she and husband’s differing personalities led to public trolling.

Bottley was first approached by Channel 4 to appear on the show – where people are filmed giving their opinions on TV programmes – as a result of a viral video of a wedding she officiated at in 2013, where she danced to Kool & the Gang’s ‘Celebration’.

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Radio 2 presenter the Rev Kate Bottley (pictured) has revealed she had to quit Gogglebox because the TV show was damaging her family’s home life – while being tied to it started costing her money

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Bottley, who proved a hit on the show, said although she left with an excuse which led viewers to believe it was a temporary departure, she had no intention of returning. Pictured on the show with her husband Graham Bottley

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Unaware how taking part would ‘take over our lives’, Bottley agreed to do the show to try and change the public perception of people of faith – but she said it ended up ‘c0nsensual expl0itation’

It had more than eight million YouTube views and landed her and husband Graham a Gogglebox contract the following year – with them going on to appear in five series up to 2016.

She said she joined the show to try and change the public perception of people of faith because she felt that whenever they were seen on TV it was in bad news stories or they were deemed as ‘weirdos’.

Bottley said: ‘I wish I’d known how much it took over our life for two and a half years.

‘It’s reality TV, it’s by its nature c0nsensual expl0itation.

‘So they come into your home. They’re filming in your home – it was quite intrusive really. But we consented to that intrusion, but I didn’t fully know just how. My kids spent two-and-a-half years sat in their bedrooms every Tuesday and Thursday night or whatever nights they came to film.

‘My kids didn’t have friends round for a lot (of the time), didn’t have help with their homework. Things like that.

‘And we got paid very little.

‘They paid, but I cooked two nights a week for the crew.

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She said her son Arthur, who she described as on the ‘auti1stic sp3ctrum’, and daughter Ruby, then at school, missed out on help with their homework and visits from their friends, as they stayed in their rooms while a large crew were in their home

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Bottley was first approached by Channel 4 to appear on the show – where people are filmed giving their opinions on TV programmes – as a result of a viral video of a wedding she officiated at in 2013, where she danced to Kool & the Gang’s ‘Celebration’

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‘I’m married to a man who won’t eat takeaways, and I don’t want to be filmed eating on camera so I was like ‘no, I’ll cook’.

‘There were casseroles and chillis. So all the money we got from it went on the electricity, the internet connection that they were using, and the food and being hospitable to six people in my home two nights a week.

‘It’s a vicarage as well, I should be hospitable. We should be sharing our home to people, and eating food together.

‘It was a good two and a half years but we couldn’t have done any more. It got to the point where we were just a bit overwhelmed.’

As well as finding the modest amount of money she and Graham were paid disappearing, Bottley’s bubbly personality soon saw other more lucrative TV offers which were less intrusive start coming in – but while tied to Gogglebox she was not allowed to do them at the same time.

She said: ‘There’s quite tight exclusivity, and rightly so, because if you’re filming ordinary people sat on their sofa watching TV you can’t then have those people on the TV. It sort of breaks the fourth wall too much.’

Bottley, 50, who has two now grown-up children, said the offers came from well-known popular shows including Would I Lie To You?

She added: ‘I was offered stuff like that but wasn’t able to do it because Gogglebox wouldn’t let you do it.

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It had more than eight million YouTube views and landed her and husband Graham a Gogglebox contract the following year – with them going on to appear in five series up to 2016

‘That’s the whole joy of the show because as the viewer you side with the people on the show, because they’re you.

‘But the minute they start being on the telly it’s done. There was stuff coming in that I wanted to have a go at that I just wasn’t able contractually to do.’

While many viewers loved Bottley’s infectious personality, others criticised her for overshadowing her husband.

Speaking on the Walking the Dog podcast, she said: ‘We used to get that whole ‘Oh, you never let your husband speak’. It was like ‘Wow’. Be careful there, your misogyny’s showing

‘Of course if you’re a confident woman married to a quieter man he must be henpecked, and he must be bossed about – it’s not that he’s just naturally quieter.

‘In any relationship there’s someone that is more outgoing.’

Kate said being someone who was used to speaking in front of many people was bound to make her feel more comfortable speaking on TV.

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As well as finding the modest amount of money she and Graham were paid disappearing, Bottley’s bubbly personality soon saw other more lucrative TV offers which were less intrusive start coming in – but while tied to Gogglebox she was not allowed to do them at the same time

Eventually, the family came up with an excuse for what was regarded as a break from the series, while not revealing they did not plan to return.

Kate said: ‘It so happened that it came around the time that Ruby was doing her GCSEs so the excuse we gave was ‘we’re going to take some time away while she does her exams’.’

However, Kate said Googlebox did serve to raise her public profile.

She became a series regular on Songs of Praise, before going on to appear on other TV shows and become a familiar voice on BBC radio stations, while Graham returned to his music teaching job.