Jeremy Clarkson says he’s ‘fed up’ with ‘whingeing’ parents receiving free school meals

Top Gear‘s Jeremy Clarkson is holding nothing back with his latest complaints.

The 60-year-old English journalist recently wrote up a story for his column at The Sunday Times (per Metro), where he discussed students and families receiving free meals. Apparently, Clarkson believes that some parents are complaining too much about the quality of the food, and that they should be happy they’re getting anything for free in the first place.

Jeremy Clarkson referenced people such as Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford, who recently requested that the quality of free school meals be reviewed. According to The Guardian, Rashford’s campaign End Child Food Poverty called for the government to re-assess the food parcels. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson even admitted that the quality wasn’t the best it could be.

So what exactly is Clarkson saying? Part of his article reads:

"On the food front, I think [Marcus Rashford’s] fight is noble and well judged, and I agree that some shameless profiteering is going on. But I am fed up to the back teeth of the whingeing this story unleashed. ‘We live in a country where children from less well-off families are entitled to free lunches when they are at home. Yippee. But instead of celebrating that fact, and concentrating on making sure the food they get is not half an ounce of mould and a dead dog, I heard a woman on the news the other day demanding that she be given £30 to provide lunch for her child. Thirty quid? Where’s she going to take him? Fortnum & Mason?"

Jeremy Clarkson also called teachers’ intentions into question, adding:

"And don’t get me started on teachers, because, as far as I can tell, instead of working out how they will educate their pupils in these troubled times, every single one of them is to be found on the news every night, with his laptop at the wrong angle and a terrible painting in the background, saying that Boris Johnson should buy every child in the land an iPad and that no teacher should have to work again, ever."

As someone who obviously does not need free meals, it seems odd that Clarkson is weighing in with a negative outlook. Many people have responded to his column on social media, criticizing him for his point of view. A handful of people referenced the instance back in 2015 when he punched a Top Gear producer named Oisin Tymon in the face.

According to the BBC, the assault occurred after Clarkson was told no more hot food would be served at the end of a day of shooting. He later apologized.

It looks like most people are fed up with Clarkson, and don’t appreciate him weighing in on anything regarding free school meals. We’ll see whether or not he defends himself after receiving all of this backlash.