TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been told off by a member of the public for forgetting to wear a face mask.
The Grand Tour star, 60, who lives near Chipping Norton, claimed Britain was becoming very bitter after he was confronted on the way to his local shop by a stranger.
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The former Top Gear presenter, who runs Diddly Squat farm at Chadlington, recalled forgetting to pack his mask, and was expecting to be forgiven for the simple mistake. Instead he said he faced a barrage of "profanities".
He wrote in his column for The Sunday Times: “Britain is becoming very bitter for some reason.
“Last weekend I went to the paper shop and remembered most of the things I now need for such a trip: spectacles, phone, hearing aid, tin of boiled sweets, gazetteer and a list of the papers I like to buy when I arrive. But I forgot my mask.
“In the olden days, when there was Enid Blyton and local bobbies gave apple scrumpers a clip round the ear, people would have forgiven a 60-year-old for making such a mistake. But not any more.”
The presenter explained how the member of the public scolded him for seemingly ignoring the government’s advice as he went about his daily shop.
He added: "A man leapt from his 10-year-old Toyota to do some remonstrating.
“‘Do you not need a mask because you're on television?’ he bellowed. And he hadn't finished.
"In fact his lecture, padded out with much profanity, was so lengthy that I never got the chance to interrupt and point out that he wasn't wearing a mask either. We see this sort of thing all the time."
Mr Clarkson's farm near the home he shares with Lisa Hogan has proved popular with some West Oxfordshire residents who queue up outside to buy the fresh produce.
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