{"id":325847,"date":"2026-03-07T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/325847\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:32:08","slug":"never-been-in-so-much-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/325847\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Never been in so much pain’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper has opened up about an agonising health battle that has left him in severe discomfort.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old farmer shared his diagnosis with his three million Instagram followers whilst operating his tractor at Diddly Squat Farm, pleading for advice. <\/p>\n

“I’ve never been in so much pain in my life,” Mr Cooper told his audience in the candid video message.<\/p>\n

He revealed he has been struck down with shingles, a viral infection that has caused him considerable distress.<\/p>\n

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Describing the sensation, he explained: “Honestly, it’s like pins and needles continually in your body.”<\/p>\n

Mr Cooper appeared visibly uncomfortable during the footage, at one point stopping himself from swearing as he attempted to convey the intensity of his suffering.<\/p>\n

The Clarkson’s Farm star admitted he was taken aback by his diagnosis, having assumed shingles was a condition that primarily affected the elderly.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know how I’m saying this but I’m 27 years old and I’ve got shingles,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“I thought only old people get that and no disrespect if you’ve got it and you’re maybe old.”<\/p>\n

Clearly struggling with the symptoms, Mr Cooper turned to his substantial online following for guidance on how to tackle the painful condition.<\/p>\n

He pleaded: “How do I get rid of it? Can I take a tablet to get rid of it really quickly or something?”<\/p>\n

The father-of-three, who works alongside Jeremy Clarkson on the Prime Video series, recorded the appeal whilst continuing his duties on the Oxfordshire farm.<\/p>\n

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Shingles is caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox, remaining dormant in the body before potentially reactivating later in life.<\/p>\n

Whilst there is no definitive cure for the condition, antiviral medication can help manage symptoms and reduce severity.<\/p>\n

Mr Cooper has become one of the most recognisable faces in British television since joining Clarkson’s Farm, which documents the trials and tribulations of running the Cotswolds agricultural enterprise.<\/p>\n

His popularity has now earned him a solo venture, with Prime Video commissioning a four-part series titled Kaleb: Down Under.<\/p>\n

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The programme will follow the farmer as he travels to Australia to experience farming on a vastly different scale, spanning thousands of acres across the country’s expansive landscape.<\/p>\n

Despite branching out with his own show, Mr Cooper will not be departing from Diddly Squat permanently.<\/p>\n

Prime Video has confirmed Mr Cooper will return for the fifth series of Clarkson’s Farm, which is expected to launch this spring.<\/p>\n

A sixth series has also been confirmed to be in development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper has opened up about an agonising health battle that has left him in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,727,6091,146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-325847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-clarksons-farm","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}