{"id":482678,"date":"2026-06-17T23:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/482678\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:47:11","slug":"support-pours-in-for-jeremy-clarkson-in-wake-of-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/482678\/","title":{"rendered":"Support pours in for Jeremy Clarkson in wake of cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK television presenter Jeremy Clarkson is being praised by followers, fans and prostate cancer advocates in the wake of his cancer diagnosis.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 66-year-old revealed he was undergoing treatment for “aggressive” cancer in the final two episodes of Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm. <\/p>\n

In a separate discussion with Kaleb Cooper in episode eight, Clarkson confirmed the type of cancer, telling him: “The prostate, 10% of it is dead, the 10% where the cancer is.”<\/p>\n

Later, Clarkson told co-star Gerald: “I had the op, and just fingers crossed it’s worked, we don’t know yet.”<\/p>\n

The fifth season finale finished with Clarkson speaking from a hospital bed, waving goodbye to viewers as he said he hoped to return for a sixth season. <\/p>\n

After the episodes aired, fans and followers flocked to social media to share their support for the former Top Gear star’s bravery. <\/p>\n

Prostate Cancer UK thanked Clarkson for candidly sharing his diagnosis and treatment, which it said “raised vital awareness with the millions of men and families watching”. <\/p>\n

“Thankfully he found the disease at an early stage, but sadly this is still not the experience of many men across the UK,” it said in a post online. <\/p>\n

It urged any men worried by Clarkson’s story to take action, and chat with their GP about a blood test to check for any signs.<\/p>\n

Broadcaster Piers Morgan also acknowledged Clarkson’s diagnosis online, saying it served as a reminder to men they should get tested.<\/p>\n

Morgan shared a picture with Clarkson on Instagram, revealing that it was taken a few days before Clarkson sent him a text. <\/p>\n

“I was surprised when Jeremy Clarkson texted me on Boxing Day, a few days after this pic was taken, to say how much he liked my @paddypowerofficial ad urging men to get tested for prostate cancer. Now I understand,” the caption read. <\/p>\n

He added, “I wish my old sparring partner all the best with his treatment. Guys, have a PSA test, it may save your life.”<\/p>\n

Irish actress Lisa Hogan \u2014 who has been dating Clarkson since 2017 \u2014 shared a photo to her Instagram story of the presenter sitting on a garden chair while using a camera.<\/p>\n

\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

Jeremy Clarkson and Lisa Hogan on day four of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n

The photo read “back at the farm”, and the Dublin-born actress wrote: “Thank you for all the support today.”<\/p>\n

Earlier in the show, Clarkson said he was close to suffering a heart attack<\/a> and survived the close-shave thanks to scrolling on his phone. <\/p>\n

He explained that the problems came from unhealthy arteries, which were blocked and prevented blood from getting to his heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was scrolling on my phone. If I hadn\u2019t been doing that I wouldn\u2019t have got pins and needles in my arm and if I hadn\u2019t got pins and needles, I wouldn\u2019t have gone: \u2018Hang on, am I having a heart problem?\u2019 and wouldn\u2019t have gone to hospital. They put me in this big polo mint [scanner] and they found out I have got really bad coronary heart problems.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK television presenter Jeremy Clarkson is being praised by followers, fans and prostate cancer advocates in the wake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,134,111,139,69,417,1745],"class_list":["post-482678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-television","tag-uk-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}