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Jeremy Clarkson has been criticised online after saying 18-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg deserves a 'smacked bottom.'
The Grand Tour star, 61, who lives in Chadlington, made the comment in a column for The Sunday Times as the Cop26 conference entered its second week - before going on to describe her as an 'annoying little bucket of ego.'
He penned: 'I simply don't get the Thunberg phenomenon. She has no knowledge of how the world works, no manners and no letters after her name because instead of going to school, she's been busy sailing round the world so she can be mardy and abusive to grown-ups.
'What she needs is a smacked bottom.'
However, the comment didn't go down well with readers - and many took to social media to express their rage.
Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has been criticised online after saying 18-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg deserves a 'smacked bottom.' Pictured, in August 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaking on the main stage in George Square as part of the Fridays for Future Scotland march during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow on 5 November
