Jeremy Clarkson has been branded a 'hero' on Twitter after rescuing four men at sea

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The sacked Top Gear host has spoken out about the worrying ordeal, which saw him leap to the rescue of four mean after noticing that their inflatables were being swept out by the winds.

The 56-year-old star claimed that the holidaymakers were oblivious to the distance they had been pulled out by the sea, which was about a mile off the coast of Majorca.

"I helped four of them. I rescued two French and two Germans," the journalist recalled. "They burst out laughing when they saw who was rescuing them."