Alan Titchmarsh has defended his jeans after North Korea censored them from telly viewers, branding them a symbol of American imperialism. But as the TV gardener pointed out: “If you know anything about denim you will know it means ‘de Nimes’ and is from France originally.” North Korea banned jeans in the 1990s when its then leader Kim Jong-il declared denim trousers had no place in a socialist state.
And state broadcasters blurred the illegal clothing from a 2010 episode of Alan’s Garden Secrets. While attending the RHS Chelsea Flower Show the presenter laughed he has ruled out ever visiting the communist nation to avoid his trousers causing “an international incident”. The Yorkshireman, who turned 75 this month, admitted: “I had a good laugh about the story, though.
It was a great laugh. I didn’t understand what the problem was.” Alan has previously boasted that he felt being deemed too risque for telly had given him “a bit of street cred”, as he noted: “I’ve never seen myself as a dangerous subversive imperialist.
” He quipped: “It’s taken me to reach the age of 74 to be regarded in the same sort of breath as Elvis Presley , Tom Jones, Rod Stewart. You know, wearing trousers that are generally considered by those of us of a sensitive disposition to be rather too tight.” Alan's TV show was censored when it aired in North Korea ( Image: BBC/KCTV) Christine Lampard's 'stunning' co-ord you can style all year round is now on sale In a recent i.
