ITV is weighing up Jeremy Clarkson’s future on Who Desires to be a Millionaire? following the furor over his column about Meghan Markle.

Deadline understands the Clarkson’s Farm host has only one sequence left to run on his contract and no additional commitments with ITV at current. Filming for the thirty ninth season of the enduring leisure format will happen subsequent month and the present will air over the summer time.

ITV might want to resolve whether or not to resume Clarkson’s contract after he has spent 5 years internet hosting Who Desires to be a Millionaire?. The presenter has landed himself in sizzling water following the Markle column in The Solar, through which he stated he “hates” the Duchess of Sussex and she or he ought to be made to “parade bare by means of the streets of each city in Britain,” a callback to a Recreation of Thrones scene.

Though he didn’t specify for the way lengthy, ITV Director of Tv Kevin Lygo stated late final 12 months that Clarkson would hold his function as host. Lygo stated his assault on Markle was “terrible” and careworn it “didn’t characterize our values.”

In the meantime, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall is but to answer a letter from Scottish MP John Nicolson urging her to face Clarkson down from Who Desires to be a Millionaire?.

Strain could have ramped up since yesterday with the information, revealed by Selection, that Clarkson is more likely to half methods with Amazon Prime Video as soon as the most recent seasons of The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm finish subsequent 12 months.

Amazon But To Voice Need To Cancel Clarkson

Sources near Expectation, which produces each exhibits, had been considerably bemused by the experiences that Clarkson had been canceled. Amazon has not but communicated its want to finish the exhibits and manufacturing is ongoing on each manufacturers.

Season 2 of Clarkson’s Farm drops subsequent month, whereas a 3rd is at the moment being filmed. A brand new Grand Tour episode is in post-production, with one other two scheduled to shoot. Sources stated it was commonplace for Amazon to refuse to decide to renewals forward of latest episodes streaming.

Clarkson issued a prolonged Instagram apology for the column – Britain’s most complained-about newspaper article of all time – through which he stated he was sorry “all the way in which from the balls of my toes to the follicles on my head.” Markle and husband Prince Harry rejected the apology.

ITV and Prime Video declined to touch upon Clarkson’s future.