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Jeremy Clarkson reveals cancer scare before Top Gear fracas

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson says doctors told him he probably had cancer just days before a fracas in which he attacked a colleague from the popular motoring show.

'I have lost my baby,' wrote the host, who was dropped from the program in March

The BBC announced on March 25, 2015 that it was dropping Jeremy Clarkson, one of its most popular presenters, after he verbally and physically attacked a producer. The British TV presenter now says doctors told him he probably had cancer just days before the incident. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson says doctors told him he probably had cancer just days before a fracas in which he attacked a colleague from the popular motoring show.

Writing in his column for the Sunday Times, Clarkson described his state of mind in the days before the March 4 scuffle, saying that even the suspected — and ultimately false — diagnosis failed to stem his "obsession" with work.

The BBC refrained from renewing the popular presenter's contract after concluding that Clarkson hit producer Oisin Tymon and subjected him to a 30-minute tirade while they were filming on location.

Clarkson acknowledged there's no way back for him with Top Gear.

"I have lost my baby but I shall create another," he wrote.