Jeremy Clarkson shares X-ray showing just how bad his pneumonia is – and jokes he needs a new lung (and some fresh trousers)
The Grand Tour host was admitted to a Spanish hospital during his holiday in Majorca and will be there for at least a week
JEREMY Clarkson yesterday shared the X-ray which shows the extent of his pneumonia — and joked he needed a fresh lung.
The Grand Tour host was admitted immediately after doctors at a Spanish hospital took the alarming chest scan, which highlights fluid in his right lung.
Sun columnist Jezza will be in hospital for a week but could take six to eight more to make a full recovery.
He said he spent five days of his holiday in Majorca in bed before a doctor sent him for an X-ray and added: “I was admitted immediately. I’m running low on pants now.”
When asked if The Sun could get him anything to help, he replied: “A new lung.”
Asked if we could buy some underwear for him, the 57-year-old referred to 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption in which a prisoner escapes through a hole hidden behind a poster.
He insisted: “Nah. I’ve got a rock hammer and a big poster of Raquel Welch. All a man needs.”
Thanking fans for get-well messages, he wrote online: “It’s really, really annoying because I’ve never had one day off work since I started in 1978.”
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Accident-prone co-star Richard Hammond responded: “Wow. I didn’t know he had a job”.
Clarkson joked that James May, who makes up the presenting trio, was now the only functioning member of the team, adding: “God help us.”
Last night respiratory consultant Dr Richard Russell, of the British Lung Foundation, said: “Anybody looking at Jeremy’s scan can quite clearly see there is something wrong.
“But with prompt treatment and rest, he should do well.”