Jeremy Clarkson has introduced some lifestyle changes since “cheating death” twice in the last two years.
Last week, the final episode of Clarkson’s Farm season five featured scenes in which the TV personality, 66, revealed his cancer diagnosis, which he’d kept from the public since 2025.
Clarkson said he underwent a biopsy after a medical check-up and was told the cancer was aggressive, but had been caught at a “really early” stage.
He had a procedure to remove the cancer, but said the treatment had “gone awry”, telling viewers: “I’m going to be here for a little while. I don’t know what’s going to happen. What I wanted to say was if this is all successful, I’ll see you in season six, and if it isn’t, I won’t.”
However, Clarkson revealed on Sunday (21 June) that a PSA test two months ago showed no indication of cancer, and he is now officially in remission.
In a Sunday Times article headlined: “I’ve cheated detah twice. I’m the world’s luckiest man”, he said that as a result of his health scares, including severe coronary artery disease in October 2024, he’s realised more than ever how much he wants to watch his grandchildren grow up.
He also shared some alterations to his daily routine, revealing his Top Gear and Grand Tour days are truly behind him: “I drive much more slowly. I’m a bit of a dawdler. I go for walks a lot. I have vegetarian food.”
The cancer diagnosis came almost two years after Clarkson underwent a heart procedure, which saw him fitted with two stents to improve blood flow. For a brief spell, he replaced work with golf – upon the orders of his doctor – and also quit smoking after getting pneumonia while on holiday in Spain.
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Clarkson previously said in a video that the news of his cancer diagnosis “landed harder than I thought it would,” and he urged the public to “please, please, please go and get checked”.
“It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified, and it’s a no-brainer. I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line,” he continued.
Clarkson also revealed that his cancer treatment “went awry” as a result of putting himself back on blood-thinning tablets he’d been taking without medical advice.
“That was horrific and it was all my own fault,” he said.
“I’d been on drugs for heart issues and I had to come off them during the cancer treatment. Two or three weeks after the cancer operation, I thought I’d better put myself back on those blood thinners. Big mistake, huge. It (resulted in) a very big emergency in the middle of the night.
He continued: “I’m not even going to go into the treatment that was required as a result of that, because it was horrible. I didn’t ask a doctor, I just thought, ‘I’m sure it will be all right to go back on blood thinners’.”
The TV presenter was recently spotted filming at Diddly Squat, with many suspecting that shooting was already underway for series six of Clarkson’s Farm.
