Chumbawumba turned down £30,000 to let Jeremy Clarkson use one of their songs in a trailer (Picture: Getty/ REX)
They might have been offered a tidy sum of £30,000 for Jeremy Clarkson to use one of their songs on TV, but Chumbawamba have delightedly turned him down.
Clarkson, 62, recently came under fire following a hugely controversial column in which he wrote that he ‘hated’ Meghan Markle on a ‘cellular level’ and dreamed about her being paraded naked through the streets and shamed.
His comments incensed many, and now the band made sure their music to had nothing to do with his work.
Posting on Twitter, the lead guitarist for the anarcho-punk and folk band who shot to fame with their massive single Tubthumping, boasted that they’d declined the offer.
‘So anyway today we turned down £30,000 for our song to be used for a trailer for Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV series,’ Boff Whalley, 62, wrote.
‘I can’t tell you how much satisfaction that gave us.’
Clarkson found himself in hot water after his controversial column (Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS)
While he didn’t single out the song or the show, they were quickly praised by some followers, who congratulated the band.
One fan wrote ‘Hats off’, while another simply added ‘bravo’.
‘It’s nice to hear about a little integrity now and then. Thank you,’ another added.
Plenty of people praised the band’s decision to turn down the money (Picture: Twitter)
They also said they wanted to support the band any way they could (Picture: Twitter)
Others made it clear they were still unhappy about Clarkson’s comments (Picture: Twitter)
This person also poked fun at what Clarkson wrote in his piece (Picture: Twitter)
After leaving Top Gear, the TV presenter has had success with his series Clarkson’s Farm, which follows his efforts to turn a profit off his Diddly Squat farm in the Cotswold’s, and has been wreaking havoc across the world with Richard Hammond and James May in The Grand Tour.
This week Clarkson returned to Instagram weeks after he faced severe criticism for his one on the Duchess of Sussex, which is now the most-complained-about story in history with over 20,800 IPSO complaints.
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In his first post back, he posted a photo with a piglet who had been welcomed at the farm, however on Friday he updated his followers and announced she’d died.
His abrupt way of sharing the news proved jarring for some followers, with one writing: ‘Hell, soften the blow a little ffs.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted Jeremy Clarkson’s representatives for comment on this story.
Clarkson’s Farm is streaming on Prime Video.
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Their decision got plenty of support.
