Kaleb Cooper Revealed He Is Trying To Change One Thing About Himself
There is a health revolution sweeping through Diddly Squat Farm, and it isn’t just affecting the estate’s 64-year-old owner. Following Jeremy Clarkson’s recent emergency heart surgery, his breakout co-star and farming manager, Kaleb Cooper, has revealed his own dramatic lifestyle transformation—losing nearly a stone in just four weeks after a mysterious midnight premonition.
Speaking ahead of the launch of his new book, It’s A Farming Thing, the 26-year-old agricultural specialist detailed his sudden decision to undergo a strict dietary overhaul, shifting the spotlight onto a new, slimmer physique.
Driven by a Dream
While Clarkson’s recent pivot to a “holier-than-thou” routine of yoga and seeds was mandated by Harley Street doctors, Cooper’s motivation was entirely subconscious.
“I’m on a no-sugar thing, and it’s all because I had this dream,” Cooper explained. “I did and didn’t understand the dream, but I knew I had to quit sugar.”
Despite skepticism from his fiancée, Taya, Cooper has maintained the regime for over a month, shedding six kilograms (nearly 13 pounds) by cutting out processed sugars and restricting himself exclusively to naturally occurring variants on designated cheat days.
The lifestyle shift comes during a high-stress period for the Chipping Norton native, who has been balancing his intense agricultural contract work with supporting his high-profile business partner. Earlier this month, Clarkson was rushed to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital via ambulance, where surgeons discovered a completely blocked coronary artery, requiring immediate stenting.
“I was there with him when it happened,” Cooper recalled, confirming he still visits the recuperating broadcaster daily for tea. “All I can say is he’s definitely a fighter, he’s a strong man. He’s doing really good.”
Bizarre Encounters and Tractor Sirens
Cooper’s rapid ascent from local tractor driver to international television star via the hit Prime Video series Clarkson’s Farm has fundamentally altered life in his quiet Oxfordshire enclave. While he thrives on the camaraderie of the agricultural community, global fame has brought bizarre hazards.
Fans routinely spot him from their vehicles, nearly causing traffic accidents in excitement, while one dedicated admirer went so far as to have Cooper’s signature tattooed onto their leg. Most memorable, however, was an encounter while operating machinery just outside Chipping Norton.
“I had come to a stop and this woman showed me her boobs,” Cooper admitted, laughing at the memory. “I got out to take some photos with some kids and she came over… proudly saying, ‘I showed you my boobs.’ I did pose with her and then she pointed out her husband taking the photo. I think I awkwardly said something like, ‘Nice one’ to him. It was just bizarre.”
The Ultimate Flight Fear
With a wedding to longtime partner Taya on the horizon, Cooper faces an even greater existential dread than giving up sugar: leaving the United Kingdom for the first time in his life.
While Cooper campaigned hard for a fishing trip to Cornwall, his future bride has set her sights on a ten-hour flight to the Bahamas to swim with tropical pigs—a concept the homebody farmer finds entirely unnecessary.
“I’ve told her we could do that here with ours, but she’s not having it,” Cooper joked. “All my cows have a passport, and I don’t.”
Outside of a 14-hour drive to Ireland for his recent theater tour, Cooper has never left British soil, citing a profound discomfort with unfamiliar territory. “I like Chippy because I know people and how everything works,” he said. “If I go abroad, I don’t know anything. It scares the s*** out of me.”
Tough Love on the Farm
Back home, Cooper’s newly lean physique is being put to the test by his two young children, three-year-old Oscar and 16-month-old Willa, whom he affectionately brands “feral farm kids.”
Oscar, in particular, has developed an expensive habit of destroying household electronics, recently smashing the family television on three separate occasions—once with a steak-tenderizing hammer. To teach the toddler fiscal responsibility, Cooper bypassed traditional discipline for a modern economic lesson.
“I sat him on my lap, got out the bank app, and showed him as I moved money from his account into mine to pay for a replacement,” Cooper explained. “He did it again a third time, so I did the same thing. He’s not done it since, but he now has no money in the account. He’s learning.”
With Clarkson officially retiring from his long-running motoring series The Grand Tour to focus full-time on his land management, Cooper anticipates an even busier schedule keeping his famous pupil in check. “Jeremy and I are really good friends,” Cooper concluded, “but his partner Lisa is just much more practical and easier to work with.”