[Times column] Jeremy Clarkson: “I’m doing everything I can not to die, even Pilates”

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/jeremy-clarkson-im-doing-everything-i-can-not-to-die-even-pilates-789qv5cqn

created by FlipStig1 on 02/02/2025 at 08:14 UTC

1381 upvotes, 19 top-level comments (showing 19)

Here’s to hoping he can stick around for a while longer and be motivated enough to continue his new health and wellness journey. The struggle is real! This part stood out for me:

“I’m not going to dwell on the joys of being a grandparent because what can be said about it has already been said. But I have decided that it is so wonderful that I want it to go on for as long as is humanly possible. Which means I must do everything in my power to not die.”

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Comments

Comment by Gidnik at 02/02/2025 at 08:54 UTC

421 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Nobody gets out of this life alive

Comment by ilic_mls at 02/02/2025 at 13:04 UTC

191 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best is today.

So while it might be a bit late, its better now than never as the way he was going, he had a few years at best left

Comment by BMW_wulfi at 02/02/2025 at 10:04 UTC

494 upvotes, 2 direct replies

The find out stage of living life the way he has for so long.

Comment by JaFFsTer at 02/02/2025 at 11:54 UTC

184 upvotes, 2 direct replies

His liver is done for and he has a coal miners lungs.

Luckily he can afford treatment and transplants.

Comment by Sea-Computer496 at 02/02/2025 at 09:15 UTC

188 upvotes, 2 direct replies

If he’s actually taking it seriously he’ll stop drinking. I hope he does.

Comment by MrRGnome at 02/02/2025 at 17:56 UTC

36 upvotes, 3 direct replies

He should make a mini series around him learning Pilates and to take care of himself. It would be hilarious watching him get tortured.

Comment by Serious-Wallaby3449 at 02/02/2025 at 11:22 UTC

65 upvotes, 2 direct replies

I hope he does. He already quit smoking, which is great. But he'll have to quit drinking and lose a lot of weight. He really hasn't a given a fuck for all his life. I can kinda appreciate a person who lives like that, but eventually it'll catch up to you hard.

Comment by JangusCarlson at 02/02/2025 at 15:00 UTC

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I’ve loved watching Clarkson (and May and Hammond) throughout the years, but the last couple of specials and Clarkson’s Farm has shown something that should be abundantly clear: Hammond and May either watched what they ate/exercised, and Clarkson did not.

Comment by dengar_hennessy at 02/02/2025 at 11:58 UTC

60 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It would have been a lot easier if he started trying not to die 20 years ago

Comment by [deleted] at 02/02/2025 at 08:39 UTC

139 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by dicky_seamus_614 at 02/02/2025 at 14:58 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Quality of life matters more when quantity starts to run low

Comment by CobraGTXNoS at 02/02/2025 at 08:23 UTC

37 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Just don't drive a Rimac like Hammond, and he'll be immortal.

Comment by Sea_Bowl_9705 at 02/02/2025 at 17:12 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

God bless whoever the poor trainer is that has to work out Clarkson.

Comment by woyteck at 02/02/2025 at 18:38 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

He's doing it as a bet to not die before Tory government in distant future reverts the inheritance tax on farms.

Comment by moravian at 03/02/2025 at 01:35 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Paywall free link.

https://archive.ph/0AJCp

Comment by PineConeTracks at 02/02/2025 at 14:53 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Might even end up paying some tax

Comment by Spudsmad at 02/02/2025 at 17:02 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

You’ll be wearing a leotard next ???

Comment by jbdany123 at 03/02/2025 at 00:11 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Everything in moderation! Even the drinking, if he can cut that down to a minimum or an on-occasion basis, he’ll be on a speed run on the right path

Comment by hogartbogart at 03/02/2025 at 04:37 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

He should do a show where he builds Lego like Hammond and May. Would love to watch him place a piece backwards and freak out