Jeremy Clarkson almost endured a very public wardrobe malfunction at the National Television Awards — until partner Lisa Hogan swooped in to save the day.
The Clarkson’s Farm icon, 65, picked up the gong for Best Factual Entertainment at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday night.
But as he reached the mic, the former Top Gear host confessed his trousers were on the move.
‘Thank you, everybody,’ he told the crowd. ‘I should explain I’m on Mounjaro… my trousers are falling down.’
After a quick attempt to hitch them up himself, Hogan rushed to assist, holding them in place while he delivered a shortened acceptance speech: ‘Um, first of all — thank you. Lisa’s going to hold my trousers up while I make a very short speech.’
Clarkson has spoken candidly about his struggles with weight and health in recent years.
He initially tried Ozempic but suffered side-effects including vomiting, joking that it turned him into a ‘bulimic Henry VIII’ while actually gaining half a stone.
He said: ‘Um first of all – Thank you, Lisa’s going to hold my trousers up whilst I make a very short speech.’
The Grand Tour star previously explained that he started using Ozempic two years ago but suffered poor side effects including vomiting (he called himself a ‘bulimic version of Henry VIII’) and putting on ‘half a stone.’
He later switched to Mounjaro – a weight-loss injection recently approved by the NHS and dubbed “Muntjac” — which he which he said in March he was ‘currently microdosing.’
Writing in The Times, he explained: ‘When you’re on Muntjac, you can come down in the morning and idly help yourself to a small handful of sunflower seeds. And it’ll feel like you’ve just finished a massive Christmas lunch. You’re stuffed.’
The change has even altered his indulgences: once partial to expensive treats, Clarkson said caviar now lasts him a week because “it’s moreish no more.”
The focus on his health follows a heart scare last year, he underwent a heart procedure after doctors discovered a completely blocked artery and fitted him with a stent.
He later admitted the procedure forced him to completely transform his lifestyle.
‘Literally, I am not allowed to have fun any more. This is terrifying,’ he wrote in The Sun.
‘The worst problem though is diet. To cut my alarmingly high cholesterol, I need to cut out, completely, everything I like eating — bacon, sausages, beef, lamb, pork, butter, chips, proper milk, Cadbury’s fruit and nut bars and the interesting bit in an egg.
‘I’ve had a week now to live in the new regime and it’s horrific. Have you ever tried kale? Well, don’t, because it’s like eating the contents of a AAA battery.’
It was an exciting NTA ceremony for reasons beyond Clarkson’s wardrobe malfunction, with Gary Lineker breaking Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s 23-year winning streak for best presenter.
In his acceptance speech, he seemed to reference the backlash he faced for speaking out about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
He said: ‘It’s not lost on me why I’ve won this award…I think perhaps it demonstrates that it’s okay to sometimes use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice. So thank you, it means the world.’
He then walked off the stage to thunderous applause, with host Joel Dommett commenting, ‘We’ve just witnessed history!’
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