Jeremy Clarkson claims getting bullied at boarding school helped 'sharpen him up'
Share Continuing to reflect, he went on: 'I mean it was horrible to suffer from it but I look back and I am grateful for what it made me become, if that makes sense.' Jeremy ended up being expelled from the boarding school, but he told Andy he was happy about it as it meant he went down the path of journalism, which kick-started his career in the industry and led to his current fame. Grim: In his Sunday Times column in 2015, Jeremy revealed his bullies would often beat him and break his personal items, and they would even force him to lick the toilets clean