Jeremy Clarkson has shared a announcement on social media and thanked followers for their support after revealing on Clarkson’s Farm that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer
Jeremy Clarkson shared an announcement with fans(Image: X)
Jeremy Clarkson has given fans an update on his social media – thanking them for their support after he revealed he had prostate cancer, and making an announcement.
The former Top Gear host, 66, shared the news in the latest episodes of the fifth season of his series Clarkson’s Farm and said the disease is “aggressive” but had been discovered early.
The TV presenter also revealed that he underwent an operation to remove part of his prostate and the series ended with him saying that he had experienced complications during treatment.
Speaking on Instagram for the first time since the new series was launched, Clarkson made an announcement with the caption: “Thank you so much for all the kind messages I’ve had but now, a announcement.” His announcement was urging his followers to “get tested” as he even encouraged them to “lie” about having symptoms so they could get tested.
“The more observant among you will have noticed that I’m not dead, and I’m not just not dead, I’m perfectly fine. My eyebrows, in particular, are looking very lustrous, and the reason why I’m fine is because the doctors caught the prostate cancer early, and they caught it early because I got tested,” he began in a video shared on social media.
“Now I know a lot of you will say I don’t want to be tested because it means someone will have to put their finger in me, but it’s just a blood test these days, and if you go to your doctor and he says, Well, I’m not going to test you because you don’t have any symptoms, and you’re not in a high-risk category.
“Just lie, just lie, say you have got symptoms, say that you have to get up 32 times in the night for a wee, and that there’s some dribbling, because look, 10, 12,000 people people, men to be honest, men die every year in the UK from prostate cancer. Don’t be one of them. Get tested.”
Clarkson, 66, has been inundated with well-wishes after viewers saw him reveal his diagnosis to in an episode of his reality TV show.
“I’ve got cancer,” Clarkson told farm manager Kaleb Cooper and land agent Charlie Ireland during discussions about harvest planning.
The TV presenter said he expected to be “fine” but would be out of action “for a while”, before revealing in the final episode of the series that he had undergone an operation to remove part of his prostate.
He said: “I won’t know whether it’s worked or not until November probably…The prostate, 10% of it’s dead, the 10% where the cancer is.”
Speaking from a hospital bed at the end of the season finale, Clarkson revealed he had experienced complications during treatment.
He said: “We started season five with me in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five and I’m back in a hospital bed.”
The 66-year-old reflected on the future of the show. Clarkson added: “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.”
The partner of Clarkson had also expressed her gratitude for the influx of support after he revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Irish actress Lisa Hogan, who has been dating Clarkson since 2017, shared a photo to her Instagram story of the presenter sitting on a garden chair whilst using a camera.
Over the snap she wrote “back at the farm”, marking her return to their home after enjoying day two of the races at Royal Ascot in Berkshire.
Hogan also posted a screenshot of charity Prostate Cancer UK’s Instagram post thanking Clarkson for sharing his diagnosis and treatment on the Prime Video programme, saying it would raise “vital awareness”. The Dublin-born actress wrote: “Thank you for all the support today.”
Before the new episodes of Clarkson’s Farm had aired on Prime, the former Top Gear star had warned viewers it was not all laughs in season five.
He said: “Sombre news – Clarkson’s Farm, ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming, and cheerful, but two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are, they’re none of those things, really. They’re a difficult watch, they’re really, really difficult.”
Gerald Cooper, a farmhand on the show, had revealed in an earlier series that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and later said he was cancer free in 2024.
Clarkson’s Farm follows the long-time television presenter and his crew as they navigate the challenges of running Diddly Squat Farm near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Since deciding to run his farm in 2019 and subsequently launching his popular reality series, Clarkson has become a vocal supporter of farmers and attended a protest in London against the Government’s move to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024. The sixth series of the show is due to air in 2027.
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