Clarkson’s ‘obsession’

LONDON — 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 automotive show.

Writing in his column for the Sunday Times, Clarkson described his state of mind in the days before the March 4 scuffle, saying even the suspected — and ultimately false — diagnosis failed to stem his “obsession” with work. Clarkson acknowledged there’s no way back for him with Top Gear. “I have lost my baby, ”he wrote, “but I shall create another.”