Richard Hammond Finds The Grand Tour Homophobia Accusations ‘B****y Annoying’

Richard previously ran into trouble when he attempted to defend his ice cream comments after he said he didn’t understand why people come out publicly.  

“When I hear of people in the media coming out, I think, why do they even feel the need to mention it?” he said. 

“It is so old-fashioned to make a big deal of it. That isn’t even an interesting thing to say at a dinner party any more.”

People on Twitter wasted no time explaining to Richard why it is still incredibly important for LGBTQ people to speak about their sexuality. 

LGBTQ rights advocate Peter Tatchell previously accused Richard of “pandering to prejudice” in an interview with the BBC, following the ‘ice cream’ incident. 

“It’s a perverse world when everyday pleasures like ice cream becomes the butt of homophobic innuendo,” he said.

HuffPost UK’s Daniel Welsh also penned in blog on the topic, calling for Richard to consider that “all of his words have weight and consequence”.

The Grand Tour was also criticised by singer Will Young earlier this year after it aired a scene in which Jeremy, James and Richard suggested that a Jeep Wrangler was a car for gay men, before wheeling out a number of tired stereotypes. 

“It’s fucking pathetic and actually homophobic,” Will wrote in a series of impassioned tweets. “How DARE you, you obtuse, bigoted immature babies of men.”

The Grand Tour returns to Amazon Prime Video on 13 December.