Jeremy Clarkson renames his trans pig – and makes hilarious new decision on its future
TELLY farm favourite Jeremy Clarkson has made the rasher decision not to send his tiny transgender pig to the slaughterhouse.
While most of the Sun columnist’s swine are dispatched to be turned into bacon, sausages and pork chops, he has decided to save diminutive Richard Ham — named after his ex-Top Gear and Grand Tour co-host Richard Hammond.
But in scenes from the latest episode of Clarkson’s Farm — streaming tomorrow — viewers discover the pint-sized pig is not being kept purely out of affection.
Instead, he is spared the butcher’s knife in a bid to get the next lot of female pigs “in the mood” — and is likened to late Playboy boss Hugh Hefner.
Jeremy says: “The problem is, if he goes on the lorry, he’s killed and all we get in return is chipolata and a pork chop the size of a walnut.
“If he stays here, we’ve got to feed him for no reason.
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“And that’s not farming.
“But the next lot of sows, we’re going to use artificial insemination on them, to make them pregnant.
“But we can’t do that until they get in heat and they won’t get in heat unless there’s man pig nearby.
“So why don’t we keep him as the farm’s man pig, to get the ladies in the mood?
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“Good old Richard Ham — you could be Hugh Hefner now!”
Last week, viewers saw farm manager Kaleb Cooper tell Jeremy his bull, which cost £5,500, might be gay as he showed no interest in breeding with the cows.
Then Kaleb informed him Richard Ham was showing signs he might be trans after being bonked by another boar.
But Kaleb is still bewildered by Jeremy’s decision to keep the little porker, saying: “What is this farm coming to?”
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