Richard Hammond is one of the most prominent figures in the world of motor sports. Alongside co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May, he helped catapult the BBC motoring show “Top Gear” to an audience of millions across the globe, but now he finds himself in some hot water.
In the latest episode of his new car show on Amazon — “The Grand Tour” — Hammond attempted to make a joke in which he implied grown men eating ice cream was something only gay men did.
The Guardian with the exchange:
“It’s all right, I don’t eat ice-cream,” replied Hammond. “It’s something to do with being straight.”
Clarkson and May appeared taken aback as members of the studio audience applauded and cheered.
“Why are you applauding him?” Clarkson, apparently aghast, asked the crowd. “What do you mean? … You’re saying all children are homosexual?”
Hammond dug further into his opinion that “ice-cream is a bit – you know”, adding: “There’s nothing wrong with it, but a grown man eating an ice-cream – it’s that way, rather than that way …
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