“Top Gear” star Jeremy Clarkson in remission following prostate cancer battle: 'I've cheated death twice'

Leigh BlickleyMon, June 22, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC

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Jeremy Clarkson in 2021Credit: Jeff Spicer/GettyKey Points -

Jeremy Clarkson is in remission after sharing his cancer diagnosis.

The Clarkson's Farm star underwent treatment for a malignant tumor on his prostate.

He also faced heart surgery in 2024.

Jeremy Clarkson is declaring himself "the world's luckiest man" as he shared he's in remission from prostate cancer.

"I've cheated death twice," the British broadcaster shared with The Times on Saturday.

The Clarkson's Farm star revealed his "aggressive" cancer diagnosis in the emotional season 5 finale of the Prime Video docuseries on June 17. Although the episode ended on a cliffhanger with Clarkson, 66, in a hospital bed, he is now happy to share his current outcome.

“It was an aggressive type of cancer. It could have spread, it could have gone into the pancreas, it could have gone anywhere, and that would have been trouble," he told The Times, noting the importance of getting screened as the cancer is highly treatable if found early.

“This is why I have to say to everybody who’s reading this, please, please, please go and get checked. It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified. And it’s a no-brainer. I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line," Clarkson said. "I’ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn’t bear thinking about what it must be like to live knowing that an illness is going to kill you. It must be very, very, very distressing."

Clarkson's journey with cancer began after a routine medical exam in May 2025. Following blood tests, a MRI, and biopsy, cancerous cells were confirmed to be in his prostate gland, a walnut-sized organ below the bladder which is part of the male reproductive system. He was treated for a malignant tumor last August with a high-intensity focused ultrasound.

Jeremy Clarkson on 'Clarkson's Farm'Credit: Amazon MGM Studios

There were complications due to the fact that Clarkson was also facing vascular and cardiac problems, and fitted with two life-saving stents in 2024 to prevent a fatal heart attack.

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"That was horrific and it was all my own fault," he said of a health scare amid his cancer treatment. "I’d been on drugs for heart issues and I had to come off them during the cancer treatment. Two or three weeks after the cancer operation, I thought I’d better put myself back on those blood thinners. Big mistake, huge. It [resulted in] a very big emergency in the middle of the night. I’m not even going to go into the treatment that was required as a result of that, because it was horrible. I didn’t ask a doctor, I just thought, 'I’m sure it will be all right to go back on blood thinners.'"

Of the experience facing both health issues at once, the former Top Gear host told The Times, "It was quite spectacularly painful. It was beyond Defcon 1 on the pain scale."

Thankfully, Clarkson is now doing well and hopes to be one of the men whose prostate cancer doesn't reoccur. (According to the Mayo Clinic, for every 10 people treated for early-stage prostate cancer, studies show that 3 to 5 have a recurrence.) He is raising awareness about the disease and urging others to get screened.

"If there’s just one person, a single person in the world, who watches Clarkson’s Farm and thinks, you know what, I’m gonna get myself checked, and discovers it early, and it’s treated, and they lead a normal life, then it’s worth being an illness bore," he said. "And I also would — I hate the expression — call upon the government to look a bit more carefully at prostate cancer screening."

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Clarkson concluded by saying he is grateful to be alive and watch his children and grandchildren grow older.

"I took a bit of a battering having cancer last year on top of heart problems," he explained. "Yeah, but the stents mended me, the HIFU mended me, and here I am. I went to Simpsons [restaurant on the Strand in London] yesterday. I had a vegetarian starter: Isle of Wight tomatoes. God, it was stunning. Then I had boiled ham and parsley sauce and new potatoes. The only thing I try my hardest to avoid is processed foods. If it contains one thing, a steak, an egg, whatever it might be, as long as it’s got just one ingredient, then it’s good."

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