Richard Hammond has offered reassurance about Jeremy Clarkson’s condition following his battle with prostate cancer, telling Times Radio that his former co-presenter is doing well.
The 56-year-old was quizzed about how Mr Clarkson, 66, is faring after his diagnosis and treatment.
Mr Hammond said: “I believe he’s fine. It was some distance in the past, because obviously there’s a time lag between when the show happened and when they’re seen on the show.
“But no I believe he’s very well, he’s still irritating, all of those things. Generally speaking it means he’s alive.”
Richard Hammond talked about how Jeremy Clarkson is doing
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PAMr Clarkson had previously confirmed he was in remission after receiving treatment for the disease, which was documented on the Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s Farm.
The presenter himself has spoken candidly about how fortunate he was that the disease was caught when it was.
In an interview with The Times earlier this summer, he reflected on the severity of his situation, saying: “I am without a doubt, officially, the world’s luckiest man. 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.”
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The 66-year-old also addressed his health directly via Instagram, stating: “You will have noticed that I’m not dead.
“The reason why I’m fine is because the doctors caught the prostate cancer early, and they caught it early because I got tested.”
His message underscored the critical importance of early screening in detecting the disease before it progresses.
Prior to his cancer diagnosis, Mr Clarkson had already undergone heart surgery in 2024, during which stents were fitted to address blocked arteries.
Former Top Gear star Richard Hammond shared a positive update on former co-star Jeremy Clarkson
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GettySince going public with his prostate cancer experience, the former Top Gear and Grand Tour host has become a vocal advocate for greater awareness of the disease.
He has actively urged men to seek testing, emphasising that his own survival was down to the cancer being identified at an early stage.
His campaigning efforts have centred on the straightforward message that routine checks can prove lifesaving, a point he has reinforced repeatedly through both media appearances and social media posts in the months following his treatment and subsequent remission.
Mr Hammond, meanwhile, continues to deal with the lasting effects of his near-fatal accident at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire almost two decades ago.
Jeremy Clarkson is best known for his work on Top Gear and Clarkson’s Farm | GETTY
In 2006, he was behind the wheel of a Vampire jet car travelling at nearly 300mph when a front tyre blew out, causing him to veer off the runway.
The crash left him in a coma with a serious frontal lobe brain injury.
The presenter has acknowledged that the cognitive consequences remain part of his daily reality, describing a phenomenon doctors refer to as “lost key syndrome” — thought by some to be linked to dysexecutive syndrome, a condition tied to frontal lobe damage.Mr Hammond told LADBible: “I think anybody who’s suffered a brain injury will probably agree that it never leaves you in the sense that there’s always a little bit of you [confused] if you lose your car keys or you forget something.”
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