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Danny Dyer has unveiled a surprising new career move inspired by Jeremy Clarkson’s farm.
The EastEnders star, 47, who was raised on a council estate in Custom House, East London, has invested money into a caravan site off the northern coast of Kent.
Dyer has documented the early days of the business venture in his forthcoming Sky TV series The Dyer’s Caravan Park, which sees him and his daughter Dani take on the project on the Isle of Sheppey.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show on Friday (21 February), Dyer told the presenter: “I’m going to invest some dough into a caravan site.
“I went to caravans on my holiday as a kid – Canvey Island. Caravans are a thing for me, it’s very much about nostalgia.”
He added: “I[‘ve] seen Jeremy Clarkson is cracking on with his farm so I’m going to try and run a caravan site and bring back the British holidays.”
In a trailer for The Dyer’s Caravan Park, Dyer jokes: “So, Clarkson’s got his farm. Richard Hammond has his workshop, f*****g about in there. If Jamie Oliver can save school dinners then I think I want to bring back the caravan holiday. Why the f**k can’t I save the British holiday?”
Asked by his daughter how he plans to go about saving the staycation, he replies: “Well I can chuck my face on it, chuck a few quid at it and try and make it cool again? It could be a complete f*****g failure and I could be talking complete f****g b****s…Long live the f*****g caravan.”
It comes after Dyer previously slammed Keir Starmer last October while speaking to The Big Issue, whom he also went undercover for.“
Speaking of the prime minister, Dyer said: “I don’t like this man. I don’t trust this man. He got the job handed to him on a plate. So what are you going to do to show us you’re different? And he’s gone straight in on pensioners? I find that f****** fascinating.”
“This is meant to be a working-class party,” continued The Football Factory star. “We need more working-class people in politics. Why Angela Rayner’s not leading things I don’t know. When she speaks, I listen.”
Dyer is no stranger to sharing his honest opinion about British politicians. In 2018 he made headlines after calling Cameron a “t***” in a rant about Brexit on Good Evening Britain.
Dyer asked: “Who knows about Brexit? No one has got a f***** clue what Brexit is, yeah. You watch Question Time, it’s comedy.”
He added: “So what’s happened to that t*** David Cameron who brought it on?” Dyer asked. “Let’s be fair. How comes he can scuttle off? He called all this on.”
“Where is the geezer?” asked the star. “I think he should be held accountable for it.”
