Jeremy Clarkson has spoken about having to adapt to a new way of life after “extremely urgent” heart surgery.
The former Top Gear presenter recently received two stents, which improve blood flow to the heart.
Clarkson, 64, who shot the final episode of The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Video last year, said he was unfazed by the surgery and that the prospect of abstaining from alcohol, exercising and maintaining a healthy diet follow, was for him. real fear.
In his column in the Sun, the broadcaster wrote: “When I go to a party I have to stand in a corner with a refreshing elderflower juice, before going home around half past nine. That’s scary too.”
Clarkson has a busy schedule despite withdrawing from his car show with long-time collaborators Richard Hammond and James May. He owns a farm, a brewery and a pub, writes three newspaper columns and presents the ITV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Clarkson will have to remove red meat, chips, butter, chocolate and “the interesting bit” in an egg. “I have now had a week to live under the new regime and it is terrible,” he said.
He will also have to exercise, which he is not happy with. He writes that he views exercise as “something you do when you travel from the car to the pub, or from the lunch table to the lounge”.
Clarkson adds: ‘But apparently I’ll have to do more once I recover from the operation. I even have to do the kind of ‘walk’ that ends up back where I started. What’s the point of that?”
He dismissed the idea of quitting work and said he would “move on” and simply change his diet.
Despite Clarkson’s opposition to the new regime, heart surgery had made him realize he wanted to stay. ‘Last week, when the Grim Reaper stuck his nose in the door, I decided that I actually wanted to live a little longer. I want to see my grandchildren grow up. I saw the dawn this morning and it was beautiful, so I’d like to see some more.’
According to a study According to the British Heart Foundation, more than 39,000 people in England died prematurely in 2022 from cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks, coronary heart disease and stroke – an average of 750 people per week.