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The new season of Clarkson’s Farm featured a knees-up in Jeremy Clarkson’s local boozer, but the celebrities in attendance were cut from the episode.
Clarkson opened his Oxfordshire watering hole, The Farmer’s Dog, in August 2024 and, a few months later, held his first gig, booking Irish band The Corrs.
While the trio, made up of siblings Andrea, Sharon and Jim, were shown performing in the second episode of Clarkson’s Farm season five, there were a few faces missing from scenes – namely celebrity couple Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi didn’t appear in ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ gig scenes as expected (Getty Images for RH)
Former chat show host DeGeneres and Arrested Development star de Rossi were invited by Clarkson and his girlfriend, Lisa Hogan, after they moved to the Cotswolds from America.
At the time, the pair shared footage from the event, where The Corrs played hits including “Breathless” and “Runaway”, however shortly after, the videos disappeared from their social media pages and the couple do not appear in the relevant episode of Clarkson’s Farm.
Other celebrities in attendance at The Farmer’s Dog gig who didn’t make the cut included “Torn” singer Natalie Imbruglia and James Blunt, known for his songs “You’re Beautiful” and “Goodbye My Lover”. They watched the gig from a balcony overlooking the stage.
While Clarkson previously described running the pub as “relentless” – and has opened up about the bizarre items regularly stolen from the boozer – he appeared content in the new season of Clarkson’s Farm while observing punters having a great time at the gig.
“Tonight is the full pinch pinch – we had this idea of what the pub would be like and then you look at this and you go, ‘We’ve done it – we’ve actually done it’,” he told Hogan.
The Corrs performed a gig at Jeremy Clarkson’s pub (Prime Video)
Elsewhere in Clarkson’s Farm season five, Clarkson opened up about the lucky coincidence that potentially saved his life after a health scare.
He underwent a heart procedure in October 2024 after experiencing tightness in his chest and pins and needles in his arms – and after going to hospital, doctors told him he was maybe days away from a heart attack due to blocked arteries.
Clarkson attributed his deterioration to the “stressful” pressure of opening his pub just weeks earlier. “I’m back and not dead,” he told farm sidekick Kaleb Cooper, adding: “The grim reaper will have to wait. It was f***ing close, though.”
‘Clarkson’s Farm’ has returned for fifth season (Prime Video)
The new season has also introduced a new figure who is fast becoming a breakout sensation – Charlotte Kingham.
Kingham, 22, is the head butcher at Hops and Chops, a food supplier for Clarkson’s boozer and she’s now made the jump to small screen, having previously taken centre stage in several posts on the butcher’s Instagram pages.
In her memorable first scene, Kingham revealed that customers keep saying she looks like Cooper.
Clarkson’s Farm is available to stream on Prime Video now.