Jeremy Clarkson breaks silence on new Farm star as he confirms Kaleb's future

Jeremy Clarkson has addressed the suggestion that he has "replaced" Kaleb Cooper on Diddly Squat Farm. It comes ahead of a new cast member of Clarkson's Farm taking on his role on the farm in the upcoming season.

It comes following the release of a trailer for the fourth season of the Prime Video show last week. In the promotional video, Jeremy, 65, revealed that assistant Kaleb, 26, had left him "just a little bit in the lurch" by taking on another project. It was then teased that he had hired someone else to help him on the farm, located in Oxfordshire, whilst Kaleb was away.

Jeremy has revealed that he struggled without Kaleb, who was on a tour following the release of several books, on hand at the farm. The situation prompted attention, and it was suggested just days ago that Jeremy had 'replaced' Kaleb, who has worked with him for several years, with fellow farmer Harriet Cowan, 24.

Former Top Gear host Jeremy however has now addressed the suggestion in a video message. He shared it with his followers on Instagram yesterday and confirmed that Kaleb is still working with him on the farm after returning from his tour.

Jeremy, who was filming the message in a field, told viewers: "Bad news, I'm afraid, from Diddly Squat. It's this ... this relentless drought. It means we're so busy, moving animals mostly, that we don't have the time to do all the planned press and PR activity to mark the launch of season four on May 23, I think."

He went on to share that he found that "annoying" because he wanted to address something. Jeremy then dismissed any suggestion that Kaleb has been "replaced" and even appeared to show his companion at work again.

Speaking about not having time for PR activities, Jeremy said: "And that's annoying because there was something I wanted to address. There have been loads of reports recently saying that Kaleb has been replaced. Well, he hasn't, he's over there now rolling the dribble of moisture we had yesterday into his mustard."

He continued: "Now, what happened is this, okay? He went away on his speaking tour for a couple of months because he imagined that after four years, I'd be able to manage on my own."

Jeremy said: "And I didn't! I made a complete mess of everything and had to bring in a young farmer called Harriett, who was brilliant and looked after the fort until [Kaleb] got back. That's it! That's the story."

The message comes after Prime Video announced last week that the fourth season of Clarkson's Farm will launch later this month. It's been suggested that the season will be split in three volumes, released separately, though.

It's been announced that the season will launch on the streaming platform on May 23, with this understood to be the first four episodes. Prime Video added that the fifth and sixth episodes will be out on May 30, ahead of the seventh and eighth episodes becoming available on June 6.

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