{"id":368928,"date":"2011-04-05T09:31:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/05\/jeremy-clarkson-boasted-about-test-drive-fun-with-mistress-in-newspaper-column\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T09:31:10","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-boasted-about-test-drive-fun-with-mistress-in-newspaper-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/jeremy-clarkson-boasted-about-test-drive-fun-with-mistress-in-newspaper-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson boasted about &#8216;test drive fun&#8217; with &#8216;mistress&#8217; in newspaper column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"152.40430666419\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Michael+Seamark\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael Seamark<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 10:10 AM on 5th April 2011<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Clarkson enjoyed a drunken test drive with his alleged mistress Phillipa Sage &#8211; and boasted about it in his newspaper column.<\/p>\n<p>The Top Gear presenter, 50, discussed &#8216;leggy&#8217; Miss Sage, 42, as they were chauffeur-driven in the back of Maserati during the New Zealand leg of the Top Gear Live Tour last year.<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson enthused about the drive in his motoring column under the title &#8216;Lie back, leggy Phillipa, while I have some fun&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the allegations he had an affair with the blonde colleague, Clarkson has shrugged them off as he holidays in Barbados with his wife Frances, 49, and their three children.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3b4eee4a786_468x797.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"797\" alt=\"Display of unity: Clarkson and his wife Frances spent the day on a boat in Barbados while he also spent time racing around on a jet-ski\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Display of unity: Clarkson and his wife Frances spent the day on a boat in Barbados while he also spent time racing around on a jet-ski<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Referring to Miss Sage in a March 2010 column in The Times, Clarkson wrote: &#8216;In the Maserati, however, there was space behind Nigel (driver) for our green-room director, Philippa, who\u2019s so tall she\u2019s actually measured in hands.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Clarkson appeared not to have a care in the world as he spent yesterday on a speedboat and racing around on a jet-ski wearing<br \/>\nloud Bermuda shorts in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Single mother, Miss Sage said reports of a romance were \u2018nonsense\u2019, insisting:<br \/>\n\u2018Jeremy and I are friends. I have worked with him, er, them (the Top<br \/>\nGear team) for years.\u2019<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e274543e745_233x423.jpg.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"423\" alt=\"Soaking up the sun: Clarkson takes a stroll on the beach yesterday after the claims came to light\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soaking up the sun: Clarkson takes a stroll on the beach yesterday after the claims came to light<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When told she had been seen entering Clarkson\u2019s hotel suite in the<br \/>\nearly hours, unmarried Miss Sage, who has a five-year-old son, said:<br \/>\n\u2018What? I often stay in colleagues\u2019 hotel rooms \u2013 that\u2019s not unusual.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have been pictured with Jeremy several times, dozens of times, while working on the show. We are just friends.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson\u2019s mother Shirley also angrily dismissed the allegations,<br \/>\ninsisting: \u2018It\u2019s a load of rubbish. He\u2019s right now on holiday with his<br \/>\nwife and children, happy as Larry. He sent me a text on Mother\u2019s Day<br \/>\nsaying, \u201cI hear the Press think I\u2019m Tiger Woods \u2013 don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m<br \/>\nnot!\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Under the headline \u2018Clarkson\u2019s Mistress\u2019, the Daily Mirror claimed<br \/>\nMiss Sage had spent several nights with Clarkson as he and his<br \/>\nco-presenters, Richard Hammond and James May, toured Australia, South<br \/>\nAfrica and Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the party checked into Oslo\u2019s \u00a3500-a-night Grand Hotel.<br \/>\nAfter the Top Gear show, Clarkson and Miss Sage \u2013 who shared a<br \/>\nchauffeur-driven car to the venue \u2013 were alleged to have gone to his<br \/>\ncorner suite at 1.15am.<\/p>\n<p>The next evening Hammond and May sat at the other end of the hotel\u2019s<br \/>\nrooftop bar from Clarkson and Miss Sage, who reportedly sat together<br \/>\nunder separate blankets drinking white wine.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 1am, he said goodnight and, it was claimed, \u2018kissed<br \/>\nPhillipa on the lips in full view of the group and public\u2019. Moments<br \/>\nafter Clarkson left, she was said to have slipped out of the bar and<br \/>\nwalked with him to his suite, remaining there all night. <\/p>\n<p>On the final show of the tour, on March 27, the newspaper claimed the<br \/>\ncouple again spent the night together before flying back to the UK,<br \/>\nwhere Clarkson was reunited with his wife, also his manager, and their<br \/>\nchildren, aged 16, 15 and 12. <\/p>\n<div readability=\"23\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0f8b11ae504_468x365.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"365\" alt=\"Rubbishes claims: Jeremy Clarkson has laughed off accusations that he has been having an affair with Phillipa Sage. Pictured while on the Top Gear Tour \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rubbishes claims:\u00a0 Clarkson has laughed off accusations that he has been having an affair with Phillipa Sage. Pictured while on the Top Gear Tour last month<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson has been married to Frances for<br \/>\n18 years and she has masterminded the TV star\u2019s multi-million-pound<br \/>\ncareer.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper claimed his affair had also been going on in Australia<br \/>\nand South Africa earlier last month.<\/p>\n<p> The couple were photographed by the<br \/>\npool at a Johannesburg hotel, where it was claimed Clarkson was seen<br \/>\n\u2018feeding Phillipa lettuce with his fingers\u2019. It was claimed he went to<br \/>\nhis room alone but was later followed by her.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a story about a celebrity?<br \/>\nCall the Daily Mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683.<br \/>\nFor U.S. stories, phone 310 642 2317.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f6b40007161_468x657.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"657\" alt=\"Married: Jeremy was seen with wife of 18 years Frances as they left Scotts restaurant last month before he headed to Oslo on Top Gear tour\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Married: Jeremy was seen with wife of 18 years Frances as they left Scotts restaurant last month before he headed to Oslo on Top Gear tour<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0f8b11ae504_468x365.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1373527\/Jeremy-Clarkson-boasted-test-drive-fun-mistress-newspaper-column.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Jeremy Clarkson boasted about 'test drive fun' with 'mistress' in newspaper column\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Clarkson boasted about &#8216;test drive fun&#8217; with &#8216;mistress&#8217; in newspaper column<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Seamark Last updated at 10:10 AM on 5th April 2011 Jeremy Clarkson enjoyed a drunken test drive with his alleged mistress Phillipa Sage &#8211; and boasted about it in his newspaper column. The Top Gear presenter, 50, discussed &#8216;leggy&#8217; Miss Sage, 42, as they were chauffeur-driven in the back of Maserati during the New Zealand leg of the Top Gear Live Tour last year. Clarkson enthused about the drive in his motoring column under the title &#8216;Lie back, leggy Phillipa, while I have some fun&#8217;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeremy Clarkson boasted about &#039;test drive fun&#039; with &#039;mistress&#039; in newspaper column - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/jeremy-clarkson-boasted-about-test-drive-fun-with-mistress-in-newspaper-column\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Jeremy Clarkson boasted about &#039;test drive fun&#039; with &#039;mistress&#039; in newspaper column - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Michael Seamark Last updated at 10:10 AM on 5th April 2011 Jeremy Clarkson enjoyed a drunken test drive with his alleged mistress Phillipa Sage - and boasted about it in his newspaper column. 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