Andy Hood, a father from Barnstaple, Devon, has paid tribute to Jeremy Clarkson with a set of cheeky underwear, which he describes gives males “self-care with sass”

A dad who credit Jeremy Clarkson for saving his life after a section on his TV programme mentioned testicular most cancers has paid tribute to the star with a pair of cheeky underwear.

Andy Hood, 53, noticed Mr Clarkson encourage males to verify their prostate and testicles and, after realising he was needing to wee extra throughout the night time, this led to the dad to look at his gland. Andy then went to his GP and was ultimately identified with testicular most cancers, which he has subsequently overcome.

The dad of three says he would by no means have linked his signs with the illness, checked his prostate or seen his GP had he not seen Mr Clarkson’s Grand Tour programme. Mr Hood stated: “I’ll by no means be capable of thank Clarkson, Hammond and Might sufficient for saving my life that day as I do know with out watching that programme, I’d not have checked myself.

“My message to all is verify your testicles – if I hadn’t it could have been a lot, far more severe. With out their message, I’d by no means have recognized. The most cancers would have unfold, and this web site may not even exist.”

Mr Hood, from Barnstaple, Devon, has now launched his personal line of underwear, Verify Ya Balls, designed to encourage males to verify themselves repeatedly and lift consciousness in regards to the illness.

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Mr Hood found a testicular lump whereas within the bathe not lengthy after watching 64-year-old Mr Clarkson discuss in regards to the most cancers. He subsequently had an operation to take away one in all his testicles and underwent chemotherapy.

However the decided entrepreneur, who has three sons, has used his adversity to assist different males. His new underwear options his personal cheeky cartoon characters and serves as a humorous reminder and a severe message.

“Over 150 pairs have bought within the first month and 60 per cent goes to Robin Most cancers Belief and Cahonas charities. Verify Ya Balls underwear was born after my very own run-in with testicular most cancers,” Mr Hood added.

“I made a decision to show one thing garbage into one thing highly effective – a mission to get males speaking, opening up, and most significantly… giving the boys a daily verify.

“My aim is for each man to personal at the least one pair and we’ll save lives. I had a message on Christmas Eve from somebody who had seen all my content material on testicular most cancers consciousness and the significance of normal checking.”

Testicular most cancers normally solely impacts one testicle, however it will possibly have an effect on each. The NHS says typical signs of the most cancers embody a lump or swelling within the testicle, the testicle getting larger, an ache or ache in your testicle or scrotum (the pores and skin that covers the testicles) and the scrotum feeling heavy, agency or onerous.