Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he underwent a heart procedure after a “sudden deterioration” in his health.
The Grand Tour presenter has said that he began having health complaints while on holiday, and felt a tingling in his arm on his return to the UK.
Clarkson, 64, had to have his blocked arteries drained to avoid an impending heart attack.
The former Top Gear presenter said that he sought treatment at hospital after thinking of former SNP leader Alex Salmond, who suffered a fatal heart attack in North Macedonia on Oct 12.
Writing in his Sunday Times column, he said that after beginning to feel weak on holiday the “sudden deterioration began to gather pace”.
While working on his Cotswolds farm – the subject of his Amazon Prime series Clarkson’s farm -, he became “clammy” and felt “a tightness in my chest”, before beginning to sense “pins and needles” in his left arm.