Ex-'Top Gear' host Jeremy Clarkson suffered from cancer fear

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," the presenter wrote in his column for the Sunday Times newspaper, where he revealed his shock at losing his job.

"I don't know who the other parent will be or what the baby will look like, but I cannot sit around any more organising my photograph albums."

He the newspaper: "It was beyond-belief stressful, everything was going wrong, and then you know... there you go.

"But everybody has stressful days, and they manage to cope better than I did."

He said he had considered giving up television, but decided: "Let's stop being silly and pick up the pieces and start again... I just know I'm going to do another car show."

The remaining episodes of the latest 'Top Gear' series were cancelled after Clarkson's suspension and a string of live auto shows around the world were dropped.

However, the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has agreed to allow Clarkson and co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May to tour without the BBC and 'Top Gear' labels.

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