Summary The 57-year-old contracted pneumonia while on a family vacation in Spain. Photo: The Guardian
(Web Desk) – Television celebrity Jeremy Clarkson will be out of action for some time after the British show host contracted pneumonia while on a family vacation in Spain.
According to the BBC, the 57-year-old posted a message on social media site Drive Tribe on Sunday saying: "Thanks for all the good wishes. And to keep you up to date, I ll be out of action for quite some time apparently. "It s really really annoying because I ve never had one day off work since I started in 1978."
Before hosting, "The Grand Tour," Clarkson co-hosted the popular BBC show "Top Gear.” Clarkson was sacked from the show in 2015 after punching his producer as well as calling him "lazy" and "Irish" in an expletive-laden exchange. Co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May also left the show and followed Clarkson to Amazon Prime. Later, Clarkson apologised for the "unprovoked physical and verbal attack".
According to CNN, a spokesperson for Clarkson s Amazon Prime show, "The Grand Tour" said in a written statement that Clarkson "was admitted to hospital on Friday morning during a family holiday in Spain."
The British television host posted a photo on Instagram of some medical tubes in his arm and an identity tag around his wrist with the caption, "Not the sort of bangles I usually choose on holiday."
And in keeping with the trio s usual banter, Clarkson s co-presenter Richard Hammond tweeted a link to the message and joked: "Wow. I didn t know he had a job."
Wow. I didn t know he had a job. Jeremy posted in JEREMY CLARKSON S TRIBE on @DRIVETRIBE https://t.co/YC6xTt1hvS
— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) August 6, 2017
Clarkson is the second Grand Tour host to be admitted to hospital this year. In June, Hammond, 47, was flown to hospital in Switzerland after crashing an electric super car in Switzerland which burst into flames after Hammond escaped the wreckage. Clarkson made light of the situation on social media, saying the show s third co-presenter, James May, was now the only "functioning member" of the Grand Tour team, adding: "God help us."
