Jeremy Clarkson is back home after filming The Grand Tour season 4 (Picture: Getty)

Jeremy Clarkson has opened up about a recent cancer scare he suffered during a trip to the bathroom.

The 59-year-old presenter panicked when he thought he might have bowel cancer, but his since found time to joke about the incident.

The Grand Tour host described the moment he ‘figured’ he had bowel cancer in his column for The Sun.

‘I looked back to see what I’d produced and damn near had a heart attack,’ he said as he claimed the ‘whole bowl was stained blood red’.


‘Well that’s it, I’ve got bottom cancer,’ he wrote.

Fortunately, Jeremy realised the red was actually from beetroot he had eaten the night before, much to his relief.

Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May (Picture: Stuart C Wilson/Getty)

‘I swear to God that stuff should come with a health warning, advising people that it will make your number twos the colour of Marilyn Monroe’s lips,’ he joked.



He also spoke about his fears of leaving his three children, Emily, 25, Finlo, 21, and 23-year-old Katya.

The TV personality was recently named the best Top Gear presenter of all time, according to fans who backed him in a poll.

Meanwhile, Jeremy returned back to the UK after filming The Grand Tour season four with co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond.

The Grand Tour season four is currently in production for Amazon Prime.

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