Kaleb Cooper has broken his silence after he was filmed in tears during a deeply moving episode of Clarkson's Farm. The 27-year-old farmer was on screen alongside Jeremy Clarkson when he discovered that his co-star had received a prostate cancer diagnosis.
Kaleb, who has become a household name since taking on the role of Jeremy's right-hand man on the hugely popular Amazon series, confirmed he had seen the former Top Gear presenter recently and is set to meet him again at Cereals, the UK's premier arable event, hosted at Diddly Squat farm. He said: "I see him today, and I'll see him at Cereals, and his spirits are high, which is good. I mean, that's obviously an emotional episode for people to watch. Yeah, I mean, it's only just come out, so yeah."
Kaleb went on to stress that being "supportive" to Jeremy during this difficult time was what mattered most to him. "I think anything like that's emotional is just how you take it, you know? You sit there and you be supportive, or do you go out there and I would say mope about it, or you know, lock yourself away, and at that time you got to be supportive. And I was there for the whole journey, and I'm still here now, so that's the main thing."
Jeremy had been discussing the harvest with farm manager Charlie Ireland and farmhand Kaleb when he suddenly dropped the bombshell about his health. He told the pair: "I've got cancer. I've known since May," reports the Mirror.
Speaking from a hospital bed at the end of the season finale, Clarkson disclosed he had encountered complications throughout treatment. "We started season five with me in a hospital bed and here we are at the end of season five and I'm back in a hospital bed," he said.
"What I wanted to say was if this is all successful, I'll see you for season six, and if it isn't, I won't," he said. "Take care, everyone," he said as he signed off.
