Jeremy Clarkson ‘isn’t allowed to have fun anymore’ after undergoing heart surgery (Picture: Ian West/ PA Wire)
Jeremy Clarkson has said he hates his ‘horrific’ new lifestyle after a recent health scare.
The former Top Gear presenter, 64, underwent a heart procedure after experiencing a ‘sudden deterioration’ in his health, and was rushed to hospital in an ambulance in recent weeks.
After suffering from worrying symptoms including being ‘clammy’, with a ‘tightness in my chest’, and ‘pins and needles in my left arm’, he had a stent fitted after doctors discovered that one of his arteries was ‘completely blocked’.
Although he is now recovering, Jeremy has made it clear he’s not happy about advice he’s been given to look after himself going forward.
Writing about his ‘extremely urgent surgery’, Jeremy said he wasn’t scared at the time but was now after being told how he ‘must live my life from now on’.
‘Literally, I am not allowed to have fun any more. This is terrifying,’ he said.
The TV presenter has said he needs to diet and exercise after the health scare (Picture: Amazon/Everett/ Rex/ Shutterstock)
‘The worst problem though is diet. To cut my alarmingly high levels of cholesterol, I need to cut out, completely, everything I like eating,’ he explained in his column for The Sun.
‘Bacon, sausages, beef, lamb, pork, butter, chips, proper milk, Cadbury’s fruit and nut bars and the interesting bit in an egg. I’ve had a week now to live in the new regime and it’s horrific. Have you ever tried kale? Well, don’t, because it’s like eating the contents of a AAA battery.’
Then explaining his hatred of Greek yoghurt and almond milk, Jeremy lamented how he has to cut out drinking alcohol and take up exercising.
Jeremy laughed off advice to slow down and take up a hobby (Picture: Ian West/ PA Wire)
‘I’ve always seen this is something you do when travelling from the car to the pub, or from the lunch table to the sitting room. But apparently, when I’ve recovered from the operation, I must do more,’ he wrote.
Being advised by his doctor to slow down and take up a hobby like golf, Jeremy was not impressed, listing all the commitments he has – including ‘writing three newspaper columns a week, owning a brewery, pub and shop and hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, plus running a farm and making a television show about that’.
Reflecting on how he ‘grabbed the gift of live by the scruff of its neck and went berserk’, the presenter said he had no regrets about ‘never saying no to anything that sounded exciting’.
He’s currently filming the next season of Clarkson’s Farm (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)
However, after ‘the Grim Reaper poked his nose around the door’, he decided he did ‘quite fancy living a bit longer’.
Jeremy then said he would like to see his grandchildren grow up, see a few more sunrises and also visit the Galapagos Islands, which he said would be achievable by ‘living on water, steamed fish, and exercise’.
Earlie this week Jeremy thanked followers on social media for their well-wishes and support, but also issued a sharp response about his diet.
Replying to a comment which read ‘Now he seems to have had a heart attack, and needed surgery what does he expect eating all that meat? He can’t be surprised!’ the Clarkson’s Farm star said: ‘Better than dying of vegetable induced boredom.’
Clarkson’s Farm is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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