Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Richard Hammond's dubious thoughts of ice cream

It used to be the case that when the trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May got together (usually on Top Gear) something would be said or done that would cause offence to a lot of people. The most famous examples being when the trio drove into a redneck town in the Southern United States in cars bearing messages like country music sucks (and that was the most subtle) designed to inflame the inhabitants which leads to the sight of the trio and film crew being driven out of town, Clarkson using a polticy incorrect version of an nursery rhyme to decide on which car is the best or when in Argentina Clarkson drove in a Porsche which supposedly had number plates that made reference to The Falklands War which again saw the trio fleeing for their lives. Now having moved to Amazon Prime for The Grand Tour following Clarkson's' bust up with a producer saw the trio leave Top Gear (though May still does some work for the BBC) in an act of solidarity. It is Hammond's turn to court the headlines for the wrong reasons. During a conversation about eating a choc ice in a car Hammond said he did not eat ice cream and then made a remark about the sexuality about those who did. This has caused a furore with some people calling him out for his comments. Since Amazon Prime is a streaming service as opposed to a regular broadcasting one it does not come under the normal regulations, though one wonders if they may a commercial price that Amazon may have to pay for Hammond's comments.

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