Jeremy Clarkson has hit back at Will Young after the Pop Idol star slammed the TV presenter over an apparent homophobic taunt.

The drama unfolded when 40-year-old Will hit out at 58-year-old Jezza for a segment on his Amazon show The Grand Tour which featured a Wrangler Jeep with a pink roof and the Weather Girls son It’s Raining Men playing.

Jeremy along with fellow hosts James May and Richard Hammond commented drivers of such a car should “wear ventilated chaps” and “moisturise”.

Will lashed out to blast the segment as “homophobic” - but this then caused Jeremy to respond with a sarcastic remark.

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“Many gay people who'd seen the show said they couldn't see a problem. None of my leftie friends could either. One even said I should tell him to stop being so gay,” Jeremy said in his weekly column for The Sun.

“I won't do that though. And now will I suggest, once again, that mobile phones should be fitted with breathalysers to stop people drinking and tweeting,” he continued.

"No. Instead, I will apologise to Will for causing him some upset and reassure him that I know I'm not homophobic as I very much enjoy watching lesbians on the internet,” he added.

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The response divided fans - with a surprisingly high number of people siding with Jeremy.

Some fans on Twitter rounded on Will to say he needed to “stop being pathetic” - with another advising the singer to “learn to take a joke.”

However, others agreed with Will - with one point blank rejecting Jeremy’s ‘apology”, saying on Twitter: “Just when I thought I couldn’t hate Jeremy Clarkson more.”