Jeremy Clarkson told the BBC to ‘give it a rest’ over annoying LA wildfires habit. (Image: Getty)
has criticised BBC’s reporting of the devastating that continue to wreak havoc on the county. The fires have burned over more than 40,000 acres, leaving 27 dead and more than 14,000 buildings destroyed.
The former host protested against one correspondent’s description of the US as a “capitalist country”.
Jeremy, 64, urged the correspondent to “give it a rest”, adding: “The ’s very busy Los Angeles correspondent, Emma Vardy, went on Radio 4 this week to say that some rich people whose homes were threatened by the recent blazes used private fire brigades to keep the flames at bay.
“She explained this may sound odd to people in the UK but America is a capitalist country.
“Er, I know it annoys Starmer and Reeves and quite a few people at the but Britain is also a capitalist country.”
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Jeremy Clarkson previously defended the stars who had lost their homes. (Image: Getty)
The Grand Tour star continued in his column for that “it’s why we have private medicine, private schools, and some streets in affluent neighbourhoods now have private security patrols”.
He also argued that if these things were all abolished, “there’d be no privilege and everyone would be equally miserable”.
It comes after Jeremy defended the in the horrifying blaze after some claimed that their suffering “doesn’t matter”.
Since the fires began two weeks ago, stars including Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Paris Hilton and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have fallen victim to the blaze and watched their homes turn to dust.
Jeremy wrote : “I know there are social media socialists saying, ‘They’re rich so it doesn’t matter’ But that’s nonsense.
“It doesn’t matter how much money you have, it always hurts to lose your photograph albums and your pets and your lifetime collection of fridge magnets.
“My heart, and I really mean this, goes out to everyone affected.”
On Monday (January 20), the National Weather Service issued a warning that the fire is likely to return due to high winds and low humidity.
said he plans to travel to California “at the end of the week” .