{"id":512248,"date":"2026-06-22T07:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/512248\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T07:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:58:09","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-in-remission-after-prostate-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/512248\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson in remission after prostate cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Clarkson has announced he is in remission days after he revealed he had been battling an &#8220;aggressive&#8221; form of prostate cancer, declaring himself the &#8220;world&#8217;s luckiest man&#8221; and urging men to get tested.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/06\/17\/a-difficult-watch-jeremy-clarkson-reveals-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">revealed he was undergoing treatment for &#8220;aggressive&#8221; cancer<\/a> in the final two episodes of Amazon Prime show Clarkson&#8217;s Farm&#8217;s fifth season.<\/p>\n<p>The programme ended with Clarkson in a hospital bed, telling viewers: &#8220;If this is all successful, I&#8217;ll see you for season six, and if it isn&#8217;t, I won&#8217;t.&#8221; He signed off: &#8220;Take care everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/06\/18\/support-pours-in-for-jeremy-clarkson-in-wake-of-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Support poured in<\/a> for the former Top Gear star, with Prostate Cancer UK thanked Clarkson for candidly sharing his diagnosis and treatment, which it said &#8220;raised vital awareness with the millions of men and families watching&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Sunday Times, Clarkson said a follow up test two months ago showed no indication of cancer, meaning he was in remission,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am without a doubt, officially, the world&#8217;s luckiest man,&#8221; he told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/06\/21\/what-makes-jeremy-clarksons-prostate-cancer-aggressive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">aggressive type of cancer<\/a>. It could have spread, it could have gone into the pancreas, it could have gone anywhere, and that would have been trouble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jeremy-clarkson-and-lisa-hogan-on-day-four-of-the-2025-chelt-KRUBC6QAG5HFTHPCWSIIJPJUOU.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Clarkson and Lisa Hogan on day four of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Jeremy Clarkson and Lisa Hogan on day four of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson urged men to go and get checked for prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not uncomfortable, it\u2019s not undignified. And it\u2019s a no-brainer. I did, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line,&#8221; he told the British newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn\u2019t bear thinking about what it must be like to live knowing that an illness is going to kill you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He told the Sunday Times he was now having regular blood tests to monitor his health and knew there was a 40% chance of those who have prostate cancer getting it again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I try to be positive. I&#8217;ve decided to be one of the 60% who doesn&#8217;t have a recurrence,&#8221; Clarkson said.<\/p>\n<p>Before his cancer diagnosis, Clarkson underwent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2024\/10\/21\/crikey-that-was-close-jeremy-clarkson-reveals-heart-scare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heart procedure in October 2024<\/a>, which saw him fitted with two stents to help prevent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/05\/30\/clarksons-farms-jeremy-clarkson-was-days-away-from-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">potentially fatal heart attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including a fiery exchange caught on camera at a United Nations meeting and concerns about the risk to NZ now H2N1 bird flu&#8217;s been found in Australia. 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