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British journalist Jeremy Clarkson revealed sad news regarding his health condition, in the final episodes of his documentary series Prime Video, Clarkson FarmHe revealed to his farm manager that he had prostate cancer.
Clarkson, who rose to fame as the host of both iterations of the hugely successful British car series Top Gearis a household name in Britain, and with the relaunch of his beloved show, he has gained international fame. The 65-year-old also writes a weekly column for the UK newspaper the timesespouses his libertarian, rebellious, and anti-establishment view on politics and cultural matters, and is a frequent guest on various television shows in the United Kingdom.
The fifth and final season of Clarkson Farmwhich follows Clarkson as he attempts to manage a farm in the Cotswolds region of England, opens with the host undergoing a procedure to open his coronary arteries. “Do you remember I had a check-up in May?” Clarkson told his manager, Caleb Cooper, and his land agent, Charlie Ireland, in the penultimate episode of Clarkson Farm. “It disappeared a week ago, I had a biopsy, and it was cancer, and it’s aggressive.” Clarkson promises his team members that “he will be fine.”
The episode was filmed during the summer of last year and was released Tuesday on Prime Video. Clarkson, who has known about the diagnosis since last May, says that although the cancer was discovered at an “early stage,” he is not happy about it. The British TV legend is now using the diagnosis as a way to advocate for early screening for prostate cancer among men.
“If I hadn’t checked myself and they hadn’t caught the problem early, this could have been my last crop. It’s only because they caught it early that there’s every hope that I’ll be harvesting this farm for many years to come,” Clarkson said on the show.
Clarkson was initially reluctant to share his type of cancer with his staff — and his show’s audience — in response to a query from Cooper, “Wherever it is, it doesn’t matter to anyone.” But later in the episode, it was made clear exactly what Clarkson was going through and where his health was at the time of filming. “The prostate, 10 percent of them died,” he said. “The 10 percent is where the cancer is.”
The season ends with Clarkson in a hospital bed.
He said: “We started the fifth season in a hospital bed, and here we are at the end of the fifth season. I am back in the hospital bed.” “Suppose some treatment goes awry. Maybe I’ll be here for a while… What I wanted to say is, if this all works out, I’ll see you in Season 6. If not, I won’t. Pay attention, everyone.”
Last June, Clarkson, with his usual sense of humour, called for men to undergo routine prostate exams to ensure early detection. “I’ve had a lot of friends who’ve had prostate cancer, and all it takes to get over it early is a moment or two of squinting a little. You get a complete remission and the doctor goes home happy. What’s not to like?” He said.
Ahead of the episode’s release, Clarkson took to social media to warn his fans of the dark turn Clarkson Farm It was about to absorb the final episodes of season five.
“Normally, we try to make the show rustic and charming and cheerful. But the final two episodes, which drop at midnight tonight, are really none of those things… It’s tough watching. It’s really tough.”
