Following his rush to hospital, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia, Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he's going to be "out of action" for some time.

The 57-year-old Grand Tour star shared the news - certain to shock and disappoint his worldwide following - on the App/Website he co-owns, Drive Tribe.

"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," he wrote.

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Mirror Online have contacted a representative of Jeremy for comment on the matter.

Drive Tribe is the motoring website and App set up by Jeremy and his co-stars James May and Richard Hammond, so it seems only fitting that he broke the news to his fans on the website where they can choose to become followers of his "tribe".

The announcement, made on Sunday afternoon, was met with a slew of supportive comments from his fans.

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One fan, Ryan DeClue, seemed understanding of the need for a break, writing: "Perhaps the downtime is exactly what you need... you 3 go full tilt at all times [sic]."

"Get well soon, Mr Clarkson! Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to the show throughout the many years! Take this opportunity to take a rest," wrote, Felix Chan.

While another wrote: "Get fast back on the screen, Jeremy! The car-world need you! Good recovery!" And their sentiments were echoed by many others.

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It comes just mere hours after the former Top Gear star was rushed to hospital with pneumonia after falling ill during a family holiday.

It is understood Jeremy was on holiday in Majorca, Spain, when he had to be rushed to hospital with the dangerous infection.

A spokeswoman for The Grand Tour said: "Jeremy Clarkson was admitted to hospital on Friday morning during a family holiday in Spain, and is being treated for pneumonia."

When contacted by the Sunday Mirror, the former Top Gear presenter said: “Put it this way. You won’t be hearing much from me for a few weeks.”

Posting a photograph of his right arm covered with a drip and blue and white hospital wrist tags, he also wrote on Instagram: “Not the sort of bangles I usually choose on holiday.”

Family have urged Jeremy - known to his fans as Jezz - to cull his boozy lifestyle after a series of health scares.

A source told The Sun: "Inevitably people close to him are saying it's time to think about the way he looks after himself – cutting back on the booze and fags – but he's never been one to take that sort of guidance on board."

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The journalist and motoring star's daughter, Emily, wrote his weekly newspaper column, published yesterday.

It is believed she flew back from Majorca on Thursday.

In 2015, Jeremy told how he suffered a cancer scare two days before his infamous attack on Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon, which led to him being sacked by the BBC.

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He said at the time: “Two days before the ‘fracas’, I’d been told, sternly, by my doctor that the lump on my tongue was probably cancer and that I must get it checked out immediately.

“But I couldn’t do that. We were in the middle of a Top Gear series. And Top Gear always came first.”

He was later given the all-clear.