Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he will be "out of action for quite some time" after being admitted to hospital in Spain with pneumonia.
The TV star updated his fans on his condition on his website DriveTribe, writing: "Thanks for all the good wishes. And to keep you up to date, I'll be out of action for quite some time apparently.
"It's really really annoying because I've never had one day off work since I started in 1978."
The 57-year-old Grand Tour presenter was admitted to hospital in Majorca on Friday during a family holiday.
He posted a snap on Instagram of tubes in his arm and his hospital identity tags around his wrist, writing: "Not the sort of bangles I usually choose on holiday."
A spokesperson for The Grand Tour said: "Jeremy Clarkson was admitted to hospital on Friday morning during a family holiday in Spain and is being treated for pneumonia."
Clarkson was on a break with his family after shooting the Amazon Prime show with co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May when he fell ill. He had planned to return to work after his holiday.
In a message on Twitter, the ex-Top Gear host told friend Jemima Goldsmith that he was "in a wheelchair, connected up to tubes, in a hospital".
The hospital incident comes two months after Hammond was airlifted to hospital when his car crashed while filming The Grand Tour.
The 47-year-old was driving an electric super car in Switzerland when it crashed and burst into flames.
Hammond escaped the crash, which left the vehicle scorched and on its roof, with no serious injuries.
Clarkson was dropped from Top Gear in 2015 over what the BBC called an "unprovoked physical attack" on the show's Irish producer Oisin Tymon.
