Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson, better known as Jeremy Clarkson, 62, and former Good Morning Britain host Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan, 57, had a very public feud that started when the Grand Tour host accidentally spilled water on Morgan’s lap on a Concorde flight in 2003 during a dispute over pictures the then-tabloid editor had published.
They got into a physical altercation at the Press Awards the next year, and during the following years, they continued to argue vocally on Twitter.
For ten years, Morgan and Clarkson were bitter rivals who never missed an occasion to criticize one another.
But after Morgan made light of their battle wounds on a charity episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in December 2020, they now seem to have patched things up.
Morgan continues to host Good Morning Britain, while Clarkson is now in charge of the new Who Wants to be a Millionaire revival.
Why did Jeremy Clarkson punch Piers Morgan?
Morgan was the editor of the Daily Mirror at the time, and things were already tense since the publication of a photo of Clarkson with a lady who wasn’t his wife had sparked controversy.
Piers ignored Clarkson’s requests to hold off on publishing the story, which caused his wife and kids to become distressed as a result of the reaction.
When Clarkson and Morgan were seated next to one other in 2003 on Concorde’s final commercial flight, the Top Gear host let him know how he felt by splashing water over his crotch.
Less than a year later, at the 2004 British Press Awards, Clarkson approached newspaper editor Morgan, and punched him three times in the head. This increased the tension in their ongoing dispute.
In the fight, Morgan received a scar above his eye, and Clarkson broke his little finger because he was wearing a ring at the time.
Did Jeremy Clarkson apologize to Piers Morgan?
Morgan stated in his Daily Mail column back in 2014 that he had resolved the contentious dispute with Clarkson after keeping it going for ten years.
The two concluded their disagreement on more friendly terms after engaging in a British tradition of a five-hour drinking spree to express their emotions.
Since then, they have even crossed paths in St. Tropez while they were both on vacation and didn’t even fight.
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