James May has finally responded after friend and former Top Gear colleague, Jeremy Clarkson, barred him from his new £1 million pub.
Clarkson opened The Farmer's Dog in late August, spending just under £1m to secure the premises in the heart of the Cotswolds.
Situated around 20 minutes from Diddly Squat Farm, which serves as the base for hit Amazon Prime Video documentary series Clarkson's Farm, the pub is expected to feature heavily in the fourth season of the show when it is released in 2025.
People queued around the block for the pub's grand opening, with some arriving before 8am to secure an early pint of Hawkstone.
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Inside the pub, punters can find a tractor hanging from the ceiling, almost unnervingly so. The pub is historic, with original beams and natural stone features spotted throughout the building.
One quirky addition that has left many chuckling is the barred list that Clarkson has created.
With three people on it currently, fans of Clarkson have been shocked to see that former The Grand Tour colleague May has made the list.
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He is listed alongside the current Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, as well as the daughter of one of his close friends.
This week, May finally addressed the barring order against him at an event in London.
Speaking to journalists at the event, he issued a blunt response to Clarkson's banning order.
As reported by MyLondon, May - while grinning - said: "Apparently, yes [I've been barred]. Dunno, but I wasn't going there anyway. I've got my own pub."
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May took over the The Royal Oak pub in Swallowcliffe, Salisbury, in 2020. Unlike Clarkson, May owns half of his pub, which dates back to the 18th century.
And like Clarkson, he also has his own tipple. But instead of going in to the beer trade, May has created his own gin product, simply called James Gin.
On why Starmer is also banned from the pub, Clarkson branded the Labour Party as London-centric and a 'hopeless bunch'.
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"He hasn't done much to endear himself to me yet," Clarkson revealed. "We'll have a look at farming. It might turn around, you never know."
May's comments about being banned from the pub come in the aftermath of the very final episode of The Grand Tour, moment in television that will go down in history as the last time Clarkson, May, and Richard Hammond officially work together.
The trio ran a company together, called W. Chump and Sons, but it dissolved earlier this year after all professional jobs had come to an end.
May said of the dissolution: "We are getting on a bit and everything does have to end. To be honest, we wanted to end it on our own terms. As we always used to say, we want to land it safely, not fly it into a cliff."
Topics: James May, Clarkson's Farm, Jeremy Clarkson, Pubs, Food And Drink, Alcohol, Celebrity, The Grand Tour, Top Gear, Entertainment
Tom Earnshaw