Overview
- Jeremy Clarkson wrote that Kaleb Cooper “is not talking to me” after Cooper criticised what Clarkson called a ‘harebrained’ plan to grow flax for linen.
- Clarkson said the flax crop would be impractical to harvest because it would require roughly 40 people working 50-hour weeks to gather the plants before they rot.
- Amazon MGM has confirmed that Kaleb Cooper will front a four-part series titled Kaleb: Down Under, which is scheduled to launch early next year.
- The spat over the flax comes against ongoing farm pressures including a heatwave-damaged harvest, escaped lambs and Clarkson's disclosure that he is undergoing prostate cancer treatment off-camera.
- The episode underlines rising tensions and shifting roles at Diddly Squat, and it raises questions about how operational limits and Cooper's growing solo profile could affect both the farm and the Clarkson's Farm franchise.