Jeremy Clarkson says 'lovely' Ellen DeGeneres visits his pub after ditching US
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that US star Ellen DeGeneres is a local at his Oxfordshire pub, The Farmer's Dog, since moving across the pond, describing the presenter as 'lovely'
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that US star Ellen DeGeneres is a local at his Oxfordshire pub, The Farmer's Dog, since moving across the pond, describing the presenter as 'lovely'Jeremy praises Ellen DeGeneres for her manner at his pub (
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Jeremy Clarkson has revealed Ellen DeGeneres is a local to his pub, The Farmer's Dog after shunning life in America.
The 64-year-old presenter is returning to the screen to host a new celebrity series of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire⊠and is welcoming stars such as Tony Bellew, Stephen Fry, Fred Sirieix and Anton Du Beke to the hot seat.
But it's not just on-screen that Jeremy meets some of showbusinessâ most famous faces, as he also has A-listers popping into his Oxfordshire pub, The Farmer's Dog. Jeremy reveals heâs even had a visit from US star Ellen DeGeneres, who recently relocated to the UK.
âShe lives in the village where our pub is. Absolutely I welcome them all,â said Jeremy. âEveryone said she has been cancelled but she seemed nice when she came to the pub, the staff said she was very friendly and lovely. I am not going to believe what I read online. She seemed lovely.â
It comes after Ellen ditched her life in the United States in favour of The Cotswolds due to being cancelled as well as Donald Trump's presidency â which kicks off today. An insider revealed to the Daily Mail: "With all the ill will towards her, she was looking to move away even before the election. And as things panned out with Trump winning, she is glad she is making the move and going to be away from the US. She has the one person that still loves her, Portia, and she is ready to leave everyone who in her mind left her hanging out to dry. If she considers it her retirement, so be it."
Jeremy opened his Cotswolds pub last summer (
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Ellen relocated to the UK from the US in November following Donald Trump's president election win
Admitting thereâs one person heâd really like to see on the show, Jeremy says Queen Camilla would be his top royal choice. âCamilla would be fantastic,â said Jeremy about members of the royal family taking on the quiz show. The series will also feature Jeanette Kwakye, Richie Anderson, Roxy Shahidi, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Steph McGovern, Dion Dublin, Lucrezia Millarini, Dame Laura Kenny, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Louise Minchin.
Out of the celebrity line-up, Jeremy says it was former cruiserweight champ Tony who was the most nervous during the show. âI am not quite sure what emotion was going through him - nerves, rage, disappointment, acting, as I think he is a lot cleverer than he lets on. At one stage, he was having a class war with himself with the word âhobnobâ,â Jeremy divulges.
The presenterâs comeback to the screen comes after a health scare which saw him undergo a life-saving heart procedure, after experiencing a "sudden deterioration" in his health. Jeremy had two stents fitted in his heart to improve blood flow following the âscaryâ ordeal.
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Now, Jeremy says he has overhauled his diet and lifestyle and is feeling better for it. âI have been to see a dietician. The dietician has given me a pretty good list and said âdonât eat processed foodâ. If itâs got more than one ingredient in it, donât eat it. I feel great.â
Jeremy needs to be on top form when it comes filming the new series, as contestants enlist his help when it comes to the Ask Jeremy lifeline. Despite having presented the show since 2018, Jeremy admits it doesnât get any easier when it comes to using his own knowledge. âItâs still terrifying. This series I have been particularly hopeless. I was doing reasonably well on my average getting them right, but this series I have been really useless!â
Despite his many years of dishing out questions on the show, Jeremy says it hasn't done any wonders for his general knowledge. "You donât learn anything," he explains. "I donât think the show improves your general knowledge; it just tests it. And itâs very useful for me because I can never remember where I put my spectacles but somehow you think âthe national beer of Sri Lanka is lionâ, so you think âhow is that in my head?!â"
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire...? returns to ITV 26th January