Spending more time with Arlo, three, and one-year-old Xanthe is top of Jeremy Clarkson's list of priorities now after his recent concerning cancer and heart heath struggles17:22, 22 Jun 2026Recovering Jeremy Clarkson says his determination to overhaul his lifestyle after his recent worrying health battles is fuelled by his desperation to watch his grandchildren grow up.‌The Top Gear star's cancer disagnosis has totally changed the way he lives, with vegetarian food now on the menu for the first time. He also says speedy car rides could be a thing of the past after slowing right down on and off the road following a further health concern.‌The 66-year-old now recognises he needs to look after himself if he wants to stay with us into later life, and seeing his grandchildren turn into adults is top of his priority list. His eldest child Emily Clarkson has two kids with her husband Alex Andrew, Arlo, three and Xanthe, one.‌Jeremy has announced he is in remission after he revealed he had prostate cancer last week. The star shared the news in the latest episodes of the fifth season of his series Clarkson's Farm and said the disease is "aggressive" but had been discovered early.But that's not the end of it. When he restarted blood-thinning medication for his heart problems following his cancer treatment without consulting a doctor first, it led to another 'terrifying' health scare.‌He told The Sunday Times about her new-look lifestyle, and says he made some big changes years after previously branding alternative diets as "utter madness". Now he is enjoying meat free meals and is even slowing down when he is behind the wheel."I really like seeing my grandchildren," he told the publication. "I want to watch them grow up. I drive much more slowly. I'm a bit of a dawdler. I go for walks a lot. I have vegetarian food."‌Jeremy underwent an operation to remove part of his prostate and the series ended with him saying that he had experienced complications during treatment but there has been some good news since the cameras stopped rolling. A follow-up PSA test two months ago revealed no indication of cancer.His cancer scare came after he restarted his blood-thinning medication for his heart issues without getting the medics' say so - a very dangerous thing which has regrets. He underwent a heart procedure in 2024 after he experienced a "sudden deterioration" in his health and and had a stent fitted.Blaming himself, he told the newspaper: "That was horrific and it was all my own fault. I’d been on drugs for heart issues and I had to come off them during the cancer treatment.‌"Two or three weeks after the cancer operation, I thought I’d better put myself back on those blood thinners. Big mistake, huge. It [resulted in] a very big emergency in the middle of the night."I’m not even going to go into the treatment that was required as a result of that, because it was horrible. I didn’t ask a doctor, I just thought, ‘I’m sure it will be all right to go back on blood thinners’."The broadcaster, who now presents the TV programme Clarkson's Farm, where he made the cancer announcement, said two years ago that he went to hospital in an ambulance and had a stent fitted, which opens up narrowed or blocked arteries.‌When he stood up he "struggled" with swimming, and could not descend a flight of stairs "without holding someone's hand"."I certainly wasn’t having a heart attack. But if it hadn’t looked that way, I never would have been sent to hospital," he said at the time."These problems all manifested themselves in one day, which made the rest of my holiday extremely relaxing because all I did was sit in a chair drinking wine and eating cheese.Article continues below"Back at home, though, the sudden deterioration began to gather pace," he said. "I woke on Wednesday morning not feeling too good. I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest."Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.