Jeremy Clarkson breaks down in tears as pig Baroness is euthanised
Warning spoilers for Clarkson's Farm season three
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Watch Jeremy Clarkson get choked up as he says goodbye to pig Baroness
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Jeremy Clarkson was choked up between words as he said goodbye to his sick pig Baroness before she has to be euthanised in Clarkson's Farm.
The farmer faces tragedy on Clarkson's Farm season three with many disasters unfolding on Diddly Squat Farm from crops failing to piglets dying. Clarkson had hinted there are no happy endings at farms ahead of the show being released. Season three part one ended with devastating scenes where the TV star has to make the difficult decision to put his pig Baroness down.
It had been a rocky journey with Baroness struggling to give birth, finally giving birth and then one by one her piglets dying. When the last piglet from her litter dies, Clarkson admitted: "I can't do this. I can't have pigs anymore. Honestly, it's a nightmare. I like them too much."
More heartache was in store as Clarkson then has to say goodbye to Baroness as vet Jenny Ryan revealed the pig wasn't going to get any better.
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"Bye Baronness," he said, sniffing. Overcome with emotion and trying to fight the tears between his words, Clarkson then exclaimed: "Oh god."
It is Clarkson's final moment on screen. Emotions were running high as the show ended with the vet going into Baroness' hut to carry out the euthanasia.
Vet Ryan had explained to Clarkson and his girlfriend Lisa Hogan that Baroness was not in a good way because her bottom was straight up and down, meaning she had lost a lot of muscle and support. The animal medic shared her concerns about Baroness.
She told the couple: "I'm really worried she's going to get to the point where she's going to go off those legs and collapse. It could be something cancerous. Could be some damage to the liver. Neither of which are..."
"Curable," Lisa Hogan interjected when the vet was trying to find the words.
Clarkson had to know if Baroness was suffering and whether she was going to get better. The vet told him: "Any animal that is not eating is not in a good state."
He concluded: "If she's not going to get better and she's suffering, it's Dignitas time." Once it was decided, Clarkson swore to himself: "F***ing hell." His girlfriend sobbed too as she walked away from the scene while Clarkson took the time to say goodbye to Baroness, which was captured on camera.
Piglets dying
It was heartache after heartache in episode four. Clarkson had just seen the last of Baroness' piglets die and he admitted he was heartbroken.
In a bid to keep Baroness' remaining piglet alive, the presenter had hatched a plan to bring the piglet inside and bottle feed the creature. Despite going to great lengths, the piglet doesn't survive. While the piglet is taking its last few breaths while being held by Hogan, Clarkson watched on. "I just find that heartbreaking," he said.
The animal medic explained to the couple that the piglet had come out very little and had died. After receiving the news, Clarkson took some deep breaths while sat in the armchair. Finding it too much, he revealed having pigs had been a "nightmare". He said: "I can't do this. I can't have pigs anymore. Honestly, it's a nightmare. I like them too much."
Earlier in the episode, Clarkson had received the offcuts from his pigs who he had sent to the slaughterhouse. He explained he felt divided because on the one hand he had been heartbroken over the dying piglets but he was also delighted to receive the bacon. "Farmer logic," he had concluded.
He said: "We're having a really tottering time over the piglets. Really tottering. You're up all night, nurturing these pigs, trying to make them warm, trying to make them comfortable and trying to make them alive. Then you break off to come here and receive all this."
Clarkson had decided to get pigs this season in a bid to make money on the "unfarmed land". Farm manager Kaleb Cooper praised his friend and co-star for being a "really good pig farmer", despite the heartache and tragedies they face.
Speaking a Q&A held at Diddly Squat Farm, Cooper said: "With the pigs I thought "here we go, here is another thing I will have to babysit but actually, it is the one thing I can leave you to do. He is actually a really good pig farmer."
The first four episodes on Clarkson’s Farm season 3 are streaming on Prime Video now.
