Following the release of his recent column about Meghan Markle - which readers dubbed "vile" - Jeremy Clarkson has been hit with over 6,000 official complaints.
The 62-year-old published an op-ed piece in The Sun in which he spoke about the former royal, explaining his overwhelming "hatred" towards her.
"I hate her," Clarkson wrote. "Not like I hate Nicola Sturgeon or Rose West. I hate her on a cellular level."
He then wrote that at night he is "unable to sleep" because he's too busy "dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain while crowds chant, 'Shame!' and throw lumps of excrement at her", claiming "everyone who's [his] age thinks the same way."
But it didn't end there, he also went on to say that what makes him "despair" is that "younger people, especially girls, think she's pretty cool."
The former Top Gear star was immediately hit with backlash from social media users as well as other celebrities who slammed him for his "misogynistic" and "hateful" comments about the Duchess of Sussex.
Carol Vorderman, a British TV host, reposted a section of the controversial column, alongside a caption saying: "NO, Jeremy Clarkson. Not on any level, in any circumstance, is it OK to write this stuff about any woman and absolutely NO to 'everyone who's my age thinks the same.'"
Comedian John Bishop later reposted Vorderman's snapshot with his own caption, emphasizing his concern for Clarkson's words.
"WTF is this??? I don't care who you are or who you work for you simply can not write things like this. It is a blatant appeal to incite humiliation and violence on a woman. Some have excused it as dark humour. There is [no] joke here @JeremyClarkson and no excuse."
Nicola Sturgeon, another woman who was mentioned in the disgusting article, also spoke out on the issue during a broadcast, saying Clarkson's comments about the duchess were "beyond the pale".
As per Sky News, the First Minister of Scotland said: "I think what he said about Meghan Markle was deeply misogynist and just downright awful and horrible," she said.
"I have to say, taking a step back from it, my overwhelming emotion about guys like Jeremy Clarkson is pity. I mean, what is it that makes somebody so distorted by hate that they end up writing these things?" She continued: "I think that possibly gives an insight into Jeremy Clarkson and the kind of person he is.
"So maybe he just needs to take a step back from things and just think about life a bit more."
Clarkson's own daughter also criticized her father's opinion.
Taking to Instagram, Emily Clarkson emphasized her lack of support for the column, writing: "My views are and have always been clear when it comes to misogyny, bullying, and the treatment of women by the media.
"I want to make it very clear that I stand against everything that my dad wrote about Meghan Markle and I remain in support of those that are targeted with online hatred."
Now, a source from IPSO, the independent press standards organization, has revealed to BBC News, that they have received over 6,000 complaints about the op-ed.
They also said that the complaints are being assessed in accordance with their standard procedure.
Since the article was published on December 16, Clarkson has apologized for his "clumsy" comments.
He took to Twitter to tell his followers: "Oh dear. I've rather put my foot in it.
"In a column I wrote about Meghan, I made a clumsy reference to a scene in Game of Thrones and this has gone down badly with a great many people.
"I'm horrified to have caused so much hurt and I shall be more careful in future," he wrote.
