Jeremy Clarkson DEFENDS Phillip Schofield from 'court of social media'

has waded into the furore surrounding , alleging the former This Morning presenter is the victim of a witch hunt for being ‘exactly what he says he was — gay’.Clarkson argued the 30-plus year age gap between Schofield and his younger lover — who was a runner on the ITV show — is being commented on in ways rarely applied to straight male stars. He pointed to , 83, whose 29-year-old girlfriend is expecting a baby, and new father , meu 79, as well as Leonardo Di Caprio’s 27-year age gap with his girlfriend.Writing for the Sunday Times, Clarkson wryly noted: ‘Phil is no longer the genial host of some morning-time televisual cappuccino froth. According to the people’s court of social media, he’s like his brother, a nonce. ‘Actually, he’s worse than that: he’s a queue-jumping nonce. And we don’t want to see his disgusting face ever again.’ Jeremy Clarkson has waded into the furore surrounding Phillip Schofield, alleging the former This Morning presenter is the victim of a witch hunt Clarkson’s intervention comes as Phillip Schofield’s affair rounded off its second week in the headlinesClarkson’s intervention comes as news of Schofield’s affair rounded off its second week in the headlines, with former colleague .Elsewhere, Schofield’s former co-host Holly Willoughby kept a wall of silence last week she took a family holiday to Portugal over the half-term break.