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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Adam White

Jeremy Clarkson explains why he went public with prostate cancer diagnosis

  • Jeremy Clarkson grappled with going public about his cancer diagnosis and contemplated whether he should “disappear” from Clarkson’s Farm while undergoing treatment.
  • The 66-year-old TV personality revealed he had been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer in the final episodes of the Prime Video show’s fifth season.
  • In a new interview, he said the “Clarkson mentality” was not to tell anybody: “You are not allowed to be ill, and if you are ill, you certainly don’t own up to it. You just go to work as usual.”
  • Clarkson said he had to “wrestle” with the decision before realising he couldn’t disappear from the show, because people would wonder where he was.
  • Clarkson’s Farm follows the former Top Gear host as he redevelops a 100-acre farm, Diddly Squat, in the Cotswolds.

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