“‘I was going to text you to say well done on your brilliant new deal, but then I thought you’d just put that in your column, and I can’t be seen to be saying positive things about you, obviously.
“‘So, I decided to tell you in person tonight instead’,” Jeremy allegedly added.
Piers added of his response: “’Just to clarify, you’re paying me a compliment to my face so you can later claim you never said it?’, to which he claims his ex enemy confirmed.
“‘Thank you, Clarkson,’ I replied, involuntarily fingering the scar on my temple from where his fist once gouged a hole during a less amiable phase of our relationship.”
