Jeremy Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan says his decision to go public with his prostate cancer diagnosis has helped thousands of people.

The former Top Gear presenter is in remission after revealing on the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm that he had been diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer.

The 66-year-old chose to have high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), a minimally invasive medical procedure that uses high-frequency soundwaves to heat and destroy targeted cancer cells.

But Hogan, his partner of nine years and a familiar face to fans of the show for running the Diddly Squat Farm Shop, has revealed he was initially reluctant to share his diagnosis with the public.

She told The Daily Star Sunday: ‘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”.’

Initially, Hogan encouraged him to film an update just for his longtime producer and friend, Andy Wilman – before Wilman persuaded him it should be shown on Clarkson’s Farm.

‘It was 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,’ Hogan then revealed.

She says Clarkson has also benefitted from opening up to those around him, saying the cancer was ‘a terrible worry’ – but she encouraged him to talk to his friends.

‘He didn’t want to initially, but he’s got lots of friends who’ve been through the same thing and he’s been talking to them about it. I think that’s really helped.’

Clarkson, who was first diagnosed in May 2025, revealed in June that he is in remission.

He previously confirmed the cancer had been caught early, and he had undergone surgery to remove part of his prostate.

During the show, he also explained from his hospital bed ahead of treatment, in his typical blunt fashion: ‘If this is all successful, I’ll see you for season six. And if it isn’t, I won’t.’

But he was able to declare himself ‘the world’s luckiest man’ in June after a follow-up Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test two months ago showed no indication of cancer, meaning he is in remission.

He added to The Sunday Times : ‘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.

‘This is why I have to say to everybody who’s reading this, please, please, please go and get checked. It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified. And it’s a no-brainer.

‘I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line. I’ve seen so many people die of cancer. It doesn’t bear thinking about what it must be like to live knowing that an illness is going to kill you.’

As a motoring journalist-turned-farmer since 2019, and owner of Diddly Squat Farm since 2008, Clarkson has become passionately involved with the farming community, buying a local Oxfordshire pub to sell exclusively British produce and even founding a choir – who went on to win Britain’s Got Talent this year.

But he still isn’t the expert, having recently admitted that one of his worst-ever mistakes left farm manager and Clarkson’s right-hand man, Kaleb Cooper, close to tears – and Clarkson himself ‘genuinely ashamed’.


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