Jeremy Clarkson says I want to see my grandchildren | UK News

Jeremy Clarkson has spoken candidly about his current health struggles after being identified with prostate cancer last yr. The former Top Gear presenter revealed that he’d been identified with an “aggressive” type of the disease in the season 5 finale of Clarkson’s Farm, revealing to viewers that his cancer had been caught early and that he would endure additional treatment.

Speaking out for the first time since the episode aired, Jeremy addressed his diagnosis in a new interview, as the 66-year-old made a heartbreaking admission. The TV favorite, who is now in remission after present process treatment, said he is overhauled his lifestyle and is grateful to be alive to see his grandchildren grow up. His eldest daughter Emily Clarkson shares two kids with her husband Alex, daughters Arlo Rose, three and one-year-old Xanthe.

The former Grand Tour presenter admitted he recognises he wants to look after himself. “I really like seeing my grandchildren,” he told The Sunday Times. “I want to watch them grow up. I drive much more slowly. I’m a bit of a dawdler. I go for walks a lot. I have vegetarian food.”

He declared himself “the world’s luckiest man” after sharing he is now in remission from prostate cancer, including, “I’ve cheated death twice.”

“It was an aggressive kind of cancer. It may have unfold, it may have gone into the pancreas, it may have gone wherever, and that would have been hassle,” he told the same publication.

Jeremy said it’s a “no-brainer” and is raising awareness about the disease and urging others to get screened.

He added, “I’ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn’t bear pondering about what it must be like to live understanding that an sickness goes to kill you. It must be very, very, very distressing.”

The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host admitted his health has taken a battering in recent years.

His cancer scare came after he restarted his blood-thinning medication for his heart issues without getting the medics’ say so – a very dangerous thing which has regrets.

He underwent a heart procedure in 2024 after he experienced a “sudden deterioration” in his health and had a stent fitted.

The Grand Tour presenter’s health has been a theme of the fifth sequence of the programme, with the show’s opening scenes seeing him recovering in a hospital mattress.