Presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed the bizarre reason he refuses to embrace contestants on the ITV hit show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
The 62-year old claims hugging a male or female under any circumstance would feel “too intimate” and that he could end up snogging them.
In an interview with the Daily Star, the veteran TV star said: “There’s always a sense that my genitals are perilously close to theirs, and I really, really don’t like it when they move in for a kiss, which sometimes happens as well.”
Clarkson, who also presents The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm added that he prefers a simple handshake adding that he “doesn’t really like hugging other men.”
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In fact, the former Top Gear co-host finds it uncomfortable outside of the studio as well.
He continued: “I don’t even like hugging women especially.”
“There’s always a danger that they’re going to report you to the police – especially if you’ve only just met them in a park.”
Clearly speaking from experience, Clarkson went on to detail how he had previously made an error of judgement when greeting someone with a kiss on the cheek.
“It sounds so easy but you’d be amazed how often I get it wrong,” he explained.
“Some women think this should be an air kiss and tilt their heads way over to the side, but I always take this to mean they didn’t even want the gesture of a kiss, which makes me all stammery and nervous when we start talking.
“This is why, when I host Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? I always say to the contestants beforehand that even if they win big I will not be embracing or kissing them. They’re going to get a handshake and that’ll be that.”
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Clarkson, meanwhile, has outlined his intention to launch his own range of fizzy drinks and wines.
According to the Daily Star, he has applied to trademark a range of products for fizzy pop – which would be called Diddly Squat Le Pop – that he will be able to sell at his shop.
The products would range from fruit drinks, soft drinks, sparkling, spring, flavoured and tonic waters as non-alcoholic drinks as well as his own Diddly Squat Le Pop wine.
His shop has featured in Clarkson’s Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm which follows Clarkson as he runs a farm in the countryside with no previous farming experience.
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