Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper joked he’d ‘break his arms’ as he declined taking part in Gloucestershire’s annual Cheese Rolling Race.
The 24-year-old star and farmer contractor at TV’s Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds said he had no plans to take in the event despite his love for cheese.
‘I’m not going to do the race, no, I’ll end up breaking all my arms,’ he joked to an interviewer. Speaking about the annual event, he added: ‘It’s crazy, I’m just writing my second book and this is the first thing I wanted to write about.’
Daredevils were filmed in the infamous event which involves competitors chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese rolling down a steep 200 yard hill.
Canadian woman Delaney Irving won the women’s race, despite having no memory of it after being knocked unconscious on the way down.
Kaleb Cooper (left) star of Clarkson’s Farm speaks to Matt Crolla, aged 28 from Salford, after Crolla won the first men’s downhill Cooper’s Hill Cheese race
Participants compete in the women’s downhill race during the Cheese Rolling contest
Cooper Cummings, from the United States celebrates, after winning another of the men’s downhill races
The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event where participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of double gloucester cheese
The antiquated sport, which has no official organisers, went ahead on Bank Holiday Monday despite safety fears.
The county’s Local Resilience Forum – made up of local councillors and representatives of the emergency services – met to discuss their worries about the annual event, where people roll cheeses down Cooper’s Hill.
One senior police officer even said there was a ‘risk of mass casualties’ if something went wrong.
Chief Superintendent Arman Mathieson, who is the gold commander for the event, said it is ‘unsafe’ for both spectators and participants.
‘If a major incident were to occur, if people were to slip at the top of the…
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