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Jeremy Clarkson announces new Hawkstone Breeze Lager Sir Brian May, 77, has expressed his dismay at Top Gear host-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson , 64, over the latter's aversion to badgers. Badgers are widely recognised as being the cause of bovine TB, which causes cows to get sick and have to be euthanised immediately. Farm owner Jeremy has made no secret of his disdain for the animals, joking in his Amazon Prime Video series Clarkson's Farm that badgers should be "hit on the head with a hammer" to protect his cattle.

A controversial badger cull has been in place in the UK for the past 11 years, and Queen guitarist Brian May has vehemently opposed it. Previously, Jeremy called Brian out in a tweet over a decade ago as he showed the damage badgers had caused to his farm. Brian May addressed a source of contention between him and Jeremy Clarkson.



(Image: Getty) Brian reckoned he could convince Jeremy to think differently, and it was "just a shame he was on the wrong side". Speaking to the Telegraph, James said: "I don't think it's Jeremy Clarkson 's fault because he doesn't know, he's a newcomer to this situation. "But he's been advised by someone who's telling him that bovine TB can be passed by a cow sniffing a badger's breath.

It's laughable. "But he's got four million viewers on TV, so unfortunately, people are going to believe it." Despite their opposing views, Brian has no bad blood with the Top Gear host despite the latter's previous scathing remarks.

Jeremy called out Brian May a decade ago for his views on badgers. (Image: INSTAGRAM) Trending SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.

You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy Policy "I would love to have a real heart-to-heart talk with Jeremy Clarkson . He has slagged me off, but I don't really get into that," he said.

Brian is hoping to change public opinion in his upcoming BBC documentary, Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me. "I don't blame people for being suspicious of me in the beginning, because, you know, I'm a guitarist," he said ahead of the documentary's release. "You know I'm a rock star.

What am I doing? Why would I have some contribution to make? "I came in to save the badgers. I now realise that to save the badgers, you have to save everybody because it's a mess. It's a tragic human drama where people's hearts are broken.

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