Jeremy Clarkson ‘defies doctors’ orders’ to join thousands of protesting farmers

Jeremy Clarkson says helium has defied doctors’ orders by joining thousands of farmers successful London to protestation against cultivation inheritance taxation changes.

The 64-year-old TV presenter, who fronts Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm which documents the trials of farming connected his onshore successful Oxfordshire, antecedently revealed helium had been told to chopped backmost connected moving aft a bosom operation.

Before the march connected Tuesday, Clarkson told The Sun helium would proceed to enactment his chap farmers contempt his wellness issues arsenic helium felt it was a “hugely important issue”.

The erstwhile Top Gear big told the newspaper: “I volition beryllium there, contempt having letters from doctors telling maine not to spell connected the march and saying I indispensable debar stress.

“We person got 2 coaches of farmers from astir present who are leaving from Diddly Squat. It is simply a hugely important issue.”

Thousands person taken to the streets to protestation implicit the changes successful the caller Budget to enforce inheritance taxation connected farms worthy much than £1 million.

Addressing a assemblage astatine the march successful cardinal London, Clarkson said: “I’m disconnected my tits connected codeine and paracetamol up here.”

Last month, the presenter revealed helium had undergone a bosom process aft experiencing a “sudden deterioration” successful his wellness which brought connected symptoms of being “clammy”, a “tightness” successful his thorax and “pins and needles” successful his near arm.

He said successful his Sunday Times file that aft being taken to infirmary by an ambulance, helium had an electrocardiogram (ECG), humor tests and X-rays among different checks.

Clarkson said 1 of his arteries was “completely blocked and the 2nd of 3 was heading that way” and doctors said helium was possibly “days away” from becoming precise ill.

He was fitted with stents hours later, which amended humor travel to the heart.

Clarkson aboriginal revealed successful The Sun helium had been told by his doc that “a lot” of his existent enactment would person to stop, but alternatively helium opted to alteration his diet.

“If I didn’t work, I’d conscionable beryllium astatine location each day, rotting,” helium wrote.

“The worst occupation though is diet. To chopped my alarmingly precocious levels of cholesterol, I request to chopped out, completely, ­everything I similar eating.”

He has antecedently revealed helium had to discontinue smoking aft contracting pneumonia connected vacation successful Spain.

Earlier this month, it was confirmed Clarkson’s Farm, which has attracted immense attraction to his Diddly Squat workplace shop, had been renewed for a 5th series.

He has opened much businesses including Hawkstone Brewery and a pub successful Asthall, adjacent Burford – called The Farmer’s Dog – since the amusement began successful 2021.

Clarkson besides presents Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? connected ITV, and his motoring amusement with Richard Hammond and James May, The Grand Tour, ended successful September.