Kaleb Cooper has been flooded with support after the young farmer directly responded to an irked social media user who criticised his rise to stardom.
The young farmer shot to fame alongside Jeremy Clarkson on his hit Amazon show, Clarkson’s Farm, and instantly became a fan favourite thanks to his constant bewilderment with the former Top Gear star’s incompetence on the farm.
Mr Cooper’s appeal was promptly recognised by Amazon, who soon greenlit his very own special to be streamed on the network, as well as the new farming show Down Under that he’s currently filming.
However, the Chipping Norton farmer’s time in the spotlight hasn’t been without its naysayers. Following the release of Clarkson’s Farm season four, Mr Cooper came under particular fire for a supposed change to his demeanour on-screen.
In one instance, Mr Cooper was criticised for his reception towards fellow young farmer Harriet Cowan, who was drafted in by Mr Clarkson to help at Diddly Squat while his farm manager was off performing his one-man stage show.
Much of the criticism centred on Mr Cooper’s behaviour, given viewers had watched him grow from a young farmer with no media experience to one of the world’s most recognisable agricultural figures thanks to Clarkson’s Farm.
Mr Clarkson even pulled Mr Cooper aside in scenes filmed for season four to say he’d developed “c*** flu” after being pampered while on tour.
Now he’s in Australia, Mr Cooper has been keeping the three million followers he’s racked up on Instagram up to date with how he’s finding things.
But it’s his latest update that garnered the unwanted criticism. In it, Mr Cooper shared a snap from a visit to Australia Zoo, the zoo made famous by ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin, who used to work there before his death.
In the accompanying caption, Mr Cooper said of the experience: “Completing a dream today.”
What followed was several fans taking to the comments to wish Mr Cooper a fun-packed experience in Australia, but one social media user opted for a different approach.
The critic typed: “Mmm shame he wants to just be a celebrity now. Pity he’s not like Jeremy in that he’s not at all affected by his popularity.
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Kaleb Cooper fired back at the troll on social media
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“Jeremy is just a normal bloke next door without any pretentiousness; whereas this one; mmm.”
Inevitably, many of Mr Cooper’s fans who spotted the criticism rushed to his defence, but Mr Cooper wasn’t going to let the unwanted comment go unanswered.
Mocking the anonymous user’s social media handle, he hit back: “Sorry, but your name on Instagram is ‘one life live it’ and then you leave this comment.”
He added a laughing emoji before he pointed out: “I’m not going on I’m a Celebrity, I am out filming farming with Amazon Prime.”
Rising above the negativity the Instagram user was trying to project, Mr Cooper brilliantly signed off: “Hope you have a lovely day.”
Mr Cooper’s fans also rallied around him in response to the remark. “What a ridiculous comment,” one Instagram user fired back.
“At least Kaleb is growing and learning and going places he’s never been before,” a second similarly said.
Elsewhere, a third jumped in to address Mr Cooper directly: “You are clearly being very true to yourself, while letting yourself (finally) live a little!
“Filming and helping to promote farming and farmers, while starting to get to see the world a little. So happy for you and all your well-deserved success. Don’t let people like that a**hat above get you down. Cheers from Canada.”
And a fourth slammed the troll by commenting: “Hmmm, being judgmental is far worse than anything … best to focus on your own life.”
The latest update from Mr Cooper comes just weeks after he flew to Australia to begin filming his new project after wrapping up filming for the fifth season of Clarkson’s Farm.
Teasing the exciting solo venture last month, Mr Cooper said in an announcement: “I’ve got some news! I’m going to be going down under/to Australia to film my very own series on Prime Video.
“You know how hard it is for me to leave Chippy so flying to Australia is definitely taking me out of my comfort zone.
“But I’m on a mission to see if I can make my farming contracting business go international.
“But first I’ve got to get through the flight!!! Don’t fear though my chippy friends, I will be back.”
Mr Clarkson responded in typically humorous fashion, replying to the news with the comment: “I’m so happy about this. Because finally I can run my farm without him mucking everything up.” (sic)