Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer.
The 66-year-old shared the news in the final episodes of season five of Clarkson’s Farm, telling co-stars Charlie Ireland and Kaleb Cooper: “I’ve got cancer.”
After Cooper asked where the cancer was, Clarkson replied: “Where it is is of no concern of anybody. I’ve known since May.”
He 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.
Clarkson said he is expected to undergo surgery within weeks and would be “slightly out of action” during recovery.
He later revealed that the cancer was in his prostate and that he had undergone a procedure to remove part of it.
“The prostate, 10 per cent of it’s dead,” he said. “The 10 per cent where the cancer is.”
Later in the episode, he is seen speaking from a hospital bed, saying some of the treatment had “gone awry”. “I’m going to be here for a little while,” he said. “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,” he said. “Take care, everyone.”
Best known as the outspoken former host of long-running motoring series Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson later returned to screens with The Grand Tour and the hit farming series Clarkson’s Farm.