Jeremy Clarkson said how is Jeremy Clarkson's health by revealing he was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer last summer and later had an operation to remove 10% of his prostate. He said the cancer was in his prostate and that it was caught at a really early stage, giving him hope of keeping working for years.
Clarkson’s disclosure reached viewers in the final two episodes of Clarkson’s Farm, released on Tuesday night. He warned before the broadcast that the episodes were “a difficult watch,” and added that they were “really, really difficult.”
Jeremy Clarkson and season five
In the scenes, Clarkson told Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland, “I’ve got cancer.” He later said, “I had a medical, remember, back in May? I disappeared off the other week and I had a biopsy and it is cancer, and it’s aggressive.”
He also described what the procedure left behind. “The prostate, 10% of it’s dead,” he said, then added: “The 10% where the cancer is.” Those comments placed the diagnosis and the treatment in sequence: a medical in May, a biopsy later, and surgery after the diagnosis.
Prostate Cancer UK and early testing
Chiara De Biase, fundraising and health strategy director at Prostate Cancer UK, said, “Thankfully he found the disease at an early stage, but sadly this is still not the experience of many men across the UK.” She added that “Over 10,000 dads, brothers, sons and friends are diagnosed too late for a cure every year, and today the responsibility to know if you’re at higher risk and to act on it rest entirely on men’s shoulders. This must change.”
She urged men worried by Clarkson’s story to “take our 30 second online risk checker or have a chat with their GP about a quick and simple blood test to check for any signs.” Cancer Research UK says prostate cancer accounts for 28% of all new male cancer cases in the UK.
Jeremy Clarkson and season six
Clarkson said he had also had heart surgery for blocked coronary arteries eight months before the prostate cancer revelation, and he described a setback in treatment at the end of season five. “So we started season five in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five, I’m back in a hospital bed,” he said.
He added: “Some of the treatment has gone awry, let’s say. I’ll probably be here for a little while.” Clarkson closed with a direct appeal to viewers: “What I wanted to say was: if this is all successful, I’ll see you for season six. And if it isn’t, I won’t. Take care, everyone.”
For viewers, the immediate point is practical: Clarkson has already had surgery, has said some treatment has gone awry, and has tied his return to whether that treatment succeeds. The episodes leave one question hanging over the hospital bed scenes — what exactly went wrong with Jeremy Clarkson’s treatment?
