As it just so happens, Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear gave an update recently on the moment he was sued by Elon Musk for comments he made on his show regarding Tesla cars. Clarkson revealed the following statement:

“The Tesla boss is so touchy he filed a lawsuit when I gave him a bad review. So how will he cope now that the eco hippies who used to idolise him have turned on his cars?

I’d love to remind all you Tesla drivers that I warned you 17 years ago that no good would come of your buying choice. But you didn’t listen. You chose to believe Mr Musk.

And now, because of the mob, you must park your car in a locked garage, use public transport and get used to the fact that, as you queue in this increasingly hysterical and unpleasant world, some people are going to drive past you in their proper cars.”

You can say a lot about Jeremy Clarkson, good or bad — he once famously described American actress Sarah Jessica Parker as “looking like a boiled horse”, saying he didn’t understand the appeal. The man has never shied away from controversy, and it always seems to find him, one way or another. Hell, he even notoriously punched a producer once for getting on his nerves. And yes, Tesla did sue Top Gear for a negative review it did of one of their cars.

They took it to court, and Top Gear won the case. Now, seventeen years later, Jeremy Clarkson feels vindicated — he realized Elon Musk was a thin-skinned pretentious dickhead nearly two decades before anyone else caught on…