JEREMY Clarkson has backed an Instagram influencer to take over Gardener’s World following Monty Don’s shock exit.
Don announced his departure earlier this week after 23 years on the show.
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Writing in his column for The Times, Jeremy has called upon the BBC to carefully consider who will be Don’s replacement.
The former Top Gear presenter reflected on the gardening show tenderly, calling it a “pixelated comfort food”.
However, Jeremy made a surprising suggestion as to who could fill Don’s shoes.
He said: “So, for the new host, might I recommend that the producers trawl the staff in the nation’s garden centres for candidates. Or check out a girl called Chloe from Blooms & Greens on Instagram.”
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Chloe, who boasts 672,000 followers online, is famed for her gardening videos.
She offers short snippets of her tending to her organic vegetable garden or floral bouquet creations.
And it seems Jeremy is not the only fan, with one of her videos racking up 2.3million views.
He said: “This is a show that’s watched by a certain type of people. And it should be presented and written and produced by that sort of person.”
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He likened her to Don himself, but 50 years his junior, Irish, and a woman.
Speaking of his own gardening skills, Jeremy confessed to being less garden-native than the beloved host.
He called himself “the only person in human history ever to kill a spider plant.”
And that was not his only planting frustration he reflected on – one time he bought a Baobab tree seed from Morocco.
The same seed refused to grow until he passed it onto his gardener, Shaun, where it is now thriving under his care.
Jeremy also delved into the time he planted 50 Christmas trees, only for 47 of them to grow too tall to be of any use.
He said: “But despite this ineptitude, I do watch Gardeners’ World and that’s why I was sad this week to hear that after 23 years, Monty is leaving the show.”
With the BBC likely currently having conversations about Don’s replacement, Jeremy weighed in with his concerns on the topic.
He said: “I have the most horrible feeling that whoever gets the gig will not be the sort of person who wears corduroy.”
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He suggested, if not Chloe, then producers try garden centres to find a host.
Jeremy added: “What they need to remember is that Gardeners’ World is a show about gardening, for sure, but it’s also a state of mind.”