Jeremy Clarkson's partner Lisa shares his heartbreaking words after cancer diagnosis
Lisa Hogan has revealed what Jeremy Clarkson said when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and a decision was made over whether to include it on Clarkson's Farm.
Like any series of the show, the latest offering had lots of ups and downs, but in episode seven Clarkson dropped the bombshell that he'd been diagnosed with cancer.
He told Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland it was 'aggressive' but promised his farming friends he would be 'fine', though he was later seen in a hospital bed saying that 'some of the treatment has gone awry', but he hoped to be back for another season of Clarkson's Farm.
Clarkson, 66, had warned people that the last couple of episodes would be a 'difficult watch', and his partner Lisa told Daily Star Sunday that he'd initially not wanted to include it in the show.
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She said: "I'm really happy he caught his prostate cancer early and I'm really proud of him for putting it on the show, because that was a really big decision.
"When I was filming him in hospital at first, he said, 'Please don't'.
"It was [producer] Andy Wilman who convinced him to do it, to help everybody else. When the show came out, Prostate Cancer UK had 30,000 people going on to their website in one day."
Indeed, record numbers of men signed up to an online checker for prostate cancer in the aftermath of the episode and Clarkson's decision to ultimately include it in the show has likely done quite a lot of good.
After the episodes released, Lisa thanked Prostate Cancer UK for their support and shared a picture of her partner sitting in his garden with a camera, captioning it 'back on the farm'.
Cooper would tell the Daily Mail that Clarkson was in high spirits, which he was taking as a good sign.
"If anything like this happens to any of your friends and you just said to my best mate, you've got to be supported through that whole journey," he said.
"And that's where I've been, I've been right by his side and his spirits are really good, so thank you.”
Speaking during the show, Clarkson had said he'd gone through an operation to remove part of his prostate but he 'won't know whether it's worked or not until November probably'.
He'd said: "The prostate, 10 percent of it's dead, the 10 percent where the cancer is.
"We started season five with me in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five and I'm back in a hospital bed.
"What I wanted to say was if this is all successful, I'll see you for season six, and if it isn't, I won't. Take care, everyone."
Symptoms of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around one in eight men estimated to be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime.
According to the NHS, prostate cancer 'often has no symptoms at first', though some of the early warning signs can include:
- Difficulty starting to pee or straining to go
- A weak urine stream
- ‘Stop-start’ peeing
- Needing to pee urgently or more often, or both
- Still feeling like you need to pee even after you’ve finished
- Peeing during the night
- Erectile dysfunction
- Blood in the urine or semen
- Lower back pain and losing weight without trying to
The NHS notes: "These symptoms do not always mean you have prostate cancer. You can also get these symptoms if you have an enlarged prostate. This is a very common non-cancerous condition caused by the prostate getting larger as you get older."
However, the site adds that 'it's important to be checked by a GP if your symptoms change, get worse, or do not feel normal'.
If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact Macmillan’s Cancer Support Line on 0808 808 00 00, 8am–8pm seven days a week.
Topics: Jeremy Clarkson, Lisa Hogan, Clarkson's Farm, Cancer
Joe Harker