The Top Gear host relied on the NHS’ service a week after he called it a “creaking monster”
Jeremy Clarkson relied on the NHS a week after he called it a “creaking monster”(Image: Getty Images)
Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was rushed to hospital earlier this month for “urgent treatment”. The Who Wants to Be A Millionaire host was taken to an NHS hospital for treatment and was forced to stay the night.
The 65-year-old relied on the NHS a week after he he branded the health service as a “creaking monster” and “past its sell-by date”. However, the former Top Gear presenter required the service as the nearest private doctor was two hours away when he fell ill.
Speaking about the incident in his Sunday Times column, he said: “Last weekend, my column in this newspaper was about how all the fun in our lives, and most of the money, was being sucked into the bottomless abyss that is the NHS.
“I said it was a creaking monster, past its sell-by date… And then, nine hours after that piece appeared on the nation’s kitchen tables, I needed to go to hospital in something of a hurry. Oh s***.
“I’m not going to tell you what was wrong, because that’s none of your business.”
He added: “I was poorly and I needed urgent hospital treatment and the NHS was my only option … I had a very hot neck when I realised this and wondered if I should maybe tiptoe into the hospital in a Piers Morgan facemask.
“I didn’t think they’d kill me. They’re not allowed to do that. But they would probably urinate in my tea.”
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