Very odd.
Richard Hammond is at the centre of a homophobia storm after making strange comments about ice cream on Amazon Prime car programme The Grand Tour.
During the Christmas special sixth episode of the Jeremy Clarkson fronted show, entitled ‘Happy Finnish Christmas’, Hammond seemed to connect eating ice cream with being gay.
It really is as bizarre and ridiculous as it sounds. In comments that have upset, offended and bemused a great number of people, the ex-Top Gear man conflated the two, and got a round of applause.
“I don’t eat ice cream – it’s something to do with being straight,” he said. “There’s nothing wrong with it, but a grown man eating an ice cream, you know, it’s a bit that way rather than that way…”
Even Clarkson seemed rather bemused by the statement, although he did say the word ‘homosexual’ as if it were a taboo word, whilst James May contributed a lewd reference to a sexual act.
Richard Hammond gags while explaining ‘men who eat ice-cream are gay’ on The Grand Tour, ep 6.
Are men that watch this show bigoted weasels? pic.twitter.com/G4W9ziqLch— Hayden Scott-Baron ✨ (@docky) December 26, 2016
🤗 hello & here's the full richard hammond 'ice creams are gay' piece and yeah, it's awful pic.twitter.com/JhDisRsc1Q
— ollie cole (@ProducerOllie) December 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/813526005457518592
Here's a photograph of Richard Hammond cruising around for gay men to service. pic.twitter.com/zWlnyD9nLm
— Ffranclin Cwil (@ShartiTheClown) December 27, 2016
Someone tell Richard Hammond that if he finds himself wanting to shag men whenever he eats icecream it's proooobably not the icecream.
— Spigon (@ruxide) December 27, 2016
Richard Hammond when the ice cream van pulls up near his house pic.twitter.com/Pa9nivx96c
— Alan White (@aljwhite) December 27, 2016
.@RichardHammond HELLO I HAVE BEEN EATING ICE CREAM FOR YEARS AND I'M STILL HETEROSEXUAL WHAT I AM DOING WRONG PLEASE HELP
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) December 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/JessFromAbove/status/813609224395771905
Apparently we get all the ice cream. Fine by me. Oh, and don't worry, Hammond. No gay man fancies you, you stupid, terrified little prick.
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) December 26, 2016
