‘Crikey, that was close’: Jeremy Clarkson reveals he needed heart procedure

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he had a heart procedure after waking up feeling “clammy” with a tightness in his chest and pins and needles in left arm.The 64-year-old former Top Gear host said he was taken to hospital by ambulance before having a stent fitted to open up a blocked artery, which left him thinking: “Crikey, that was close.”Writing in his Sunday Times column, Clarkson detailed how he experienced a “sudden deterioration” in his health after a holiday on a small island in the Indian Ocean.During the trip, he described having to “take a moment to make sure my limbs were working properly” before struggling to swim two lengths of a swimming pool.“I was mostly dead. I’ve never struggled with swimming before, and now, suddenly, I can’t do it any more. Nor could I descend a flight of stairs, not without holding someone’s hand.” he said. “I’m not exaggerating. These problems all manifested themselves in one day.”The Clarkson’s Farm presenter,…