{"id":709860,"date":"2026-06-17T17:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709860\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:22:22","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-ex-top-gear-host-says-he-has-aggressive-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709860\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson, ex-&#8216;Top Gear&#8217; host, says he has &#8216;aggressive&#8217; prostate cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Jeremy Clarkson has announced that he has been diagnosed with an &#8220;aggressive&#8221; form of cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The former &#8220;Top Gear&#8221; host revealed the diagnosis during an episode of &#8220;Clarkson&#8217;s Farm,&#8221; a series that follows his efforts to run a farm in England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I&#8217;ve got cancer,&#8221; he told Charlie Ireland and Kaleb Cooper, his co-hosts on the show, which airs on Amazon Prime Video. &#8220;It&#8217;s aggressive but it&#8217;s really early.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson waves to the media as he arrives on day four of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England, on March 13, 2026.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19316259_ap-Jeremy-Clarkson-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson waves to the media as he arrives on day four of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England, on March 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Dave Shopland, File<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Best known for presenting motoring shows &#8220;Top Gear&#8221; and &#8220;The Grand Tour,&#8221; Clarkson, 66, posted a video on his Instagram on Tuesday revealing that there would be some &#8220;somber news&#8221; in upcoming episodes of &#8220;Clarkson&#8217;s Farm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Ordinarily we try to keep the show bucolic and charming and cheerful, but the final two episodes which drop in the middle of the night tonight are none of those things,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;They&#8217;re a difficult watch. They&#8217;re really, really difficult,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In October 2024, Clarkson revealed that he had undergone a serious heart procedure after suffering a &#8220;sudden deterioration&#8221; in his health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest,&#8221; he wrote in his Sunday Times column, before narrating a trip to the hospital, where he ended up having an operation to maintain the flow of blood to his heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Amazon Prime Video has not made any formal announcement about whether there will be a sixth series of &#8220;Clarkson&#8217;s Farm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The-CNN-Wire &amp; 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. 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