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Jeremy Clarkson has announced that he and pal Richard Hammond have bagged themselves new jobs.

However, the 'news' sadly just turned out to just be an opportunity for the axed Top Gear host to make a homophobic slur rather than a sincere message.

Taking to his Twitter account, he posted a snap of him and his good friend posing in front of Margaret River Fudge Factory.

Underneath the image, he wrote: "We have got jobs at last. Here. As packers."

Many of his followers were quick to pick up on the offensive "fudge packer" reference - and understandably, they weren't happy about it.

"Continuing with the casual homophobia, @JeremyCLarkson, I see," wroter @pandymonium01. "Not into life-long learning?"

Shortly afterwards, another Twitter user called @DickZucker responded: "@JeremyClarkson And.. you're fired again."

While another unimpressed user of the social networking site @kayeadams simply commented: "Not funny."

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Jeremy is currently on the road with Richard and fellow Top Gear co-host James May for the Australian leg of their Clarkson, Hammond and May Live tour.

During one of their live shows over the weekend, Jeremy hinted that the trio have been signed up by US giant Netflix to launch a new motoring series when he revealed they'd found a "new channel".

It has been reported that Richard then nearly told the 15,000 strong audience which station they were joining but was stopped by his fellow presenters.