Jeremy Clarkson takes brutal swipe at Chris Packham as he recovers from health scare

The Clarkson’s Farm star took to Instagram to share his views (Image: Getty)

TV star Jeremy Clarkson has made a cheeky swipe at BBC star Chris Packham. The Clarkson’s Farm star took to Instagram to share some books he had been enjoying of late, listing off some titles and making recommendations to fans.

But one of the books, titled The Fall of Chris Packham, was on his list, and he wasted no time sharing his opinion.

He told fans: “I’ve had a lot of time for reading this last week and thought I take you through some of the books I’ve got through,” he reeled off some titles before sharing: “This one, The Fall of Chris Packham, not desperately complementary about him.”

The controversial book has added further scrutiny to the BBC presenter’s recent legal and financial woes. Partly funded by some of Packham’s BBC colleagues, the book paints a highly critical picture of him, labelling him as "narcissistic" and a "manipulator".

It provides a detailed account of his defamation case against Country Squire magazine, in which Packham won £90,000 in damages.

TV star Jeremy Clarkson made a cheeky swipe at BBC star Chris Packham (Image: Instagram )

However, his pursuit of 70-year-old proofreader Paul Read backfired, with the case dismissed and Packham ordered to pay £196,008 in legal costs.

Packham's legal team maintains that he was vindicated in his main case against Country Squire contributors Dominic Wightman and Nigel Bean, who were found to have defamed him by falsely accusing him of misleading people into donating to a tiger rescue charity.

But Clarkson also shared the news that the best book he’s been enjoying was in fact his own book, Diddly Squat: Home to Roost, which came out today. The star took the opportunity to promote the book to his fans, even sharing that for some “bizarre” reason, it’s already half price.

But fans were more concerned about the star’s health in the comments, with many asking if he was ok.

The former Top Gear host recently experienced a significant health scare, leading to emergency heart surgery. After a swim while on holiday, Clarkson noticed symptoms such as chest tightness, clamminess, and numbness in his left arm.

Concerned, he sought medical help and was rushed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, where doctors discovered a blocked artery. Clarkson underwent a procedure to insert a stent, potentially saving him from a severe heart attack.

Speaking in his column in The Sunday Times, he shared: “It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way.”

He said a stent, which can save lives and stop future heart attacks by improving blood flow to the heart, was fitted in around two hours.

The motoring journalist said: “It wasn’t especially painful. Just odd,” and added that he has been thinking: “Crikey, that was close.”