Jeremy Paxman has declared he’s prepared to try Cannabis in a bid to fight his Parkinson’s disease, after being diagnosed last year. The broadcaster, 72, stars in a new ITV documentary, Paxman: Putting Up with Parkinson’s, where he meets Sharon Osbourne, whose husband Ozzy also suffers from the neurological condition. She discusses how the Black Sabbath star, also 73, uses cannabidiol, known as CBD, because, like Jeremy, he experiences unsettling dreams as a result of Parkinson’s, before joking that she will sneak the substance through customs from the U.S. Jeremy Paxman has declared he’ll try Cannabis in bid to fight his Parkinson’s – with Sharon Osbourne joking she’ll sneak the substance ‘through customs’ for him According to The Sun, she tells Jeremy: ‘[Ozzy] was always on something, he always loved to dabble with the old drugs.’ ‘But now he takes this stuff at night. What’s this stuff that everybody smokes? It is something from that — Cannabidiol. ‘I’ll bring some over for you, you’ll love it. I’ll bring it back for you, Jeremy. I’ll probably get arrested coming through customs — but that’s nothing new.’ The former Newsnight presenter jumps at the opportunity, declaring that he’s ‘on for it’, with Sharon insisting he must try physiotherapy to get his ‘a**e in gear’. Helping hand: The broadcaster, 72, stars in a new ITV documentary where he meets Sharon Osbourne (pictured in September 2022), whose husband Ozzy also suffers from the condition Jeremy announced last May that he had been diagnosed with the degenerative condition. But the University Challenge host then said remembering that many of his predecessors were dead by his age makes him feel as though he has been ‘let off’ by getting the illness. Parkinson’s, which affects one in 500 people, causes the brain to become damaged over the years. As a result, the former Newsnight host has since reflected on how he has been putting his conservative ‘wet Tory’ politics down to going ‘gaga’ for years. Writing in Saga magazine, he said: ‘When I was an irritating young gob on a stick, I used to argue that conservatism was brought about by loss of brain cells. Well-known: Paxman presented the BBC’s current affairs programme, Newsnight, from 1989 to 2014, during which time he gained a reputation as a ferocious interviewer ‘For years now I have happily stood up at public events and declared that the reason I nowadays confess to being a wet Tory is entirely the consequence of going gaga. ‘The moment when you can’t recall your bank-card pin is the reminder that everything comes at a price. Local radio to leading Newsnight: Jeremy Paxman’s career 1972: BBC Radio Brighton 1986: BBC1’s Breakfast Time 1994: University Challenge Advertisement ‘I have been annoyed enough by Microsoft while putting down these paltry thoughts that I confess to pining for the days of typewriters when mistakes were mechanical rather than existential. ’”Why do you persist in doing this to me?” The screen always remains annoyingly indifferent. (How marvellous it would be, just once, if it replied by asking what I really wanted it to do.) ‘But then I recall that by my age, most of my ancestors – a long line of illiterate peasants on both sides were dead. I’ve been let off lightly with Parkinson’s.’ Jeremy has previously said that his symptoms are ‘mild.’ He said back in May: ‘I can confirm I have recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I am receiving excellent treatment and my symptoms are currently mild. ‘I plan to continue broadcasting and writing for as long as they’ll have me and have written about my diagnosis in more detail for the June issue of the marvellous Saga Magazine. I will not be making any further comment.’ The presenter was seen out in Manchester last year using a walking stick after breaking his ribs in a horrifying fall during a dog walk. Born in Leeds, he started his career in 1972 on the BBC’s graduate trainee programme, working in local radio and reporting on the Troubles in Belfast. Couple: She discusses how the Black Sabbath star, also 73, uses cannabidiol, known as CBD, because, like Jeremy, he experiences unsettling dreams as a result (pictured in 2020) Shortly after moving to London in 1977, he transferred from Tonight to Panorama, before stints on the Six O’Clock News and BBC One’s Breakfast Time. He became a presenter of Newsnight in 1989, a position he would hold until June 2014 during which time he interviewed high-profile figures from politics and culture. After 25 years in the job, Jeremy presented a programme including an interview with then London mayor Bor

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