Footy hardman Vinnie Jones admits he’s ‘p****d off’ that Clarkson’s Farm has been a massive hit
ACTOR and former footie hard man Vinnie Jones is “p****d off” Jeremy Clarkson’s farming TV show has been a hit — saying he had the idea first.
He says he pitched it to networks in 2018 — but was told by executives they would rather see him “wrestling a bear”.
Clarkson’s Farm has gone down a storm with viewers since starting on Amazon Prime in 2021.
Vinnie, 59, says he likes the show but was “f*****g p****d off, because I’d already had the idea”.
He instead launched a countryside-themed YouTube channel and now has a Discovery+ show — Vinnie Jones in the Country — which returns for its second series this month.
But he told The Sunday Times magazine it still rankled when TV bosses got back in touch.
FA Cup winner Vinnie said: “I went, ‘I told you this two years ago’.
“I was before my time.”
He added: “They went ‘We want this! We want the farm!’
“B******s. Can you imagine?”
Vinnie said Clarkson was a ’novice’ farmer.
He said: “Another Clarkson? No, it ain’t.
“My show’s about the countryside, it’s not about some novice who’s bought a farm.”
“It’s very, very different from Clarkson’s Farm…we don’t grow anything.
“We don’t have any animals or anything like that.
“It’s all part-timers and misfits…We are definitely not Clarkson’s Farm!!!”