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• RICHARD HAMMOND UNR FIRE FOR 'ICE-CREAM IS GAY' LE ON THE GRAND TOUR
• RICHARD HAMMOND REJECTS CLAIMS HE IS ‘ANTI-GAY’ AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA BACKLASH
• RICHARD HAMMOND: 'EATG ICE CREAM IS GAY' MENT SPARKS BACKLASH
• 'THE GRAND TOUR' STAR RICHARD HAMMOND RPONDS TO 'COMG OUT' BACKLASH, SAYS HE ISN'T 'ANTI-GAY': EXCLIVE
• RICHARD HAMMOND UNR FIRE FOR ‘ICE-CREAM IS GAY’ REMARK
• ‘THE GRAND TOUR’ CO-HOST RICHARD HAMMOND SLAMMED FOR BIZARRE GAY JOKE
• ‘THE GRAND TOUR’S’ RICHARD HAMMOND SPARKS CONTROVERSY WH ‘ICE CREAM IS GAY’ REMARK
• RICHARD HAMMOND IS CRICISED FOR GAY ICE CREAM JOKE ON AMAZON SHOW, THE GRAND TOUR
• GRAND TOUR: RICHARD HAMMOND'S WEIRD 'ICE CREAM IS GAY' RANT IS NOT GOG OVER WELL WH FANS
• FORMER 'TOP GEAR' HOST FAC BACKLASH AFTER SAYG EATG ICE CREAM IS 'GAY'
• THE GRAND TOUR’S RICHARD HAMMOND AND JAM MAY HS BACK WILL YOUNG’S ‘GAY JOK’ CRICISM: ‘WE’RE NOT REMOTELY HOMOPHOBIC’
• 'THE GRAND TOUR' -HOST RICHARD HAMMOND CRICISED FOR LKG EATG ICE CREAM WH BEG GAY
• THE GRAND TOUR: DO THIS ADVERT EXPLA RICHARD HAMMOND'S NTROVERSIAL 'ICE CREAM IS GAY' JOKE?

RICHARD HAMMOND UNR FIRE FOR 'ICE-CREAM IS GAY' LE ON THE GRAND TOUR

Richard Hammond has been cricised for lkg eatg ice-cream wh beg gay on the latt episo of The Grand Tour, the TV motorg show he -hosts wh Jeremy Clarkson and Jam exchange occurred on Happy Fnish Christmas, the sixth episo of the first season of the show, which was released on Amazon Prime on 23 ont of a live dience, Clarkson poted to an image of the terr of a Rolls Royce, sayg: “The only problem is that one of those, you uldn’t enjoy a cholate Magnum ice-cream. … You’re sayg all children are homosexual?

“Stonewall tras teachers to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic slurs like the, so to hear this sort of language on televisn is extremely disappotg and sends the wrong msage to young people.

RICHARD HAMMOND REJECTS CLAIMS HE IS ‘ANTI-GAY’ AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA BACKLASH

”Human rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “It is a perverse world when an everyday pleasure like ice cream be the butt of homophobic nuendo. “Look, anyone who knows me knows I wasn’t beg ser, that I’m not homophobic.

RICHARD HAMMOND: 'EATG ICE CREAM IS GAY' MENT SPARKS BACKLASH

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'THE GRAND TOUR' STAR RICHARD HAMMOND RPONDS TO 'COMG OUT' BACKLASH, SAYS HE ISN'T 'ANTI-GAY': EXCLIVE

— Philip Ellis (@Philip_Ellis) December 4, 2017Half of LGBT+ stunts are bullied at school, hearg homophobic slurs 'equently' or 'often'4 5 trans and 3 5 LGB young people have self-harmedMore than 2 5 trans young people have attempted to take their own lifeBut, why make a big al of @RichardHammond? We live a tolerant untry where, even though ’s generally no issue, beg gay n still subject people to abe, hatred and vlence.

RICHARD HAMMOND UNR FIRE FOR ‘ICE-CREAM IS GAY’ REMARK

“It’s a perverse world when everyday pleasur like ice cream be the butt of homophobic nuendo, ” he said. Get the ee Morng Headl email for news om our reporters across the worldSign up to our ee Morng Headl emailRichard Hammond has fend himself, sayg he is not beg homophobic after facg cricism for qutng why gay people e out Grand Tour host faced a backlash on social media after sayg is "old-fashned" to make a big al of someone announcg their ments me spe recent rearch om chary Stonewall showg nearly half of LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr) children Bra's schools are bullied for their sexualy or genr. "The last thg I am is any way anti-gay or homophobic bee love is life and if you're lucky enough to fd someone you love, don't matter, " the former Top Gear prenter told the Prs Associatn.

‘THE GRAND TOUR’ CO-HOST RICHARD HAMMOND SLAMMED FOR BIZARRE GAY JOKE

Stonewall surveyed more than 3, 700 school pupils this year to fd 45 per cent of LGBT stunts said they have been bullied bee of the way they are and that 52 per cent said they regularly hear homophobic.

Richard Hammond has prompted a backlash after suggtg that men who eat ice cream are gay on the most recent episo of The Grand 47-year-old ma the ment an exchange on the sixth episo of the motorg show he -hosts wh Jeremy Clarkson and Jam May, which was tled “Happy Fnish Christmas”. You’re sayg all children are homosexual?

”Mician Neil Milan tweeted: “Homophobia on a show about rs, the most classic whe elephant of pathetic threatened masculy is so f***g tragic. His chirps and his silly ltle beard" add that he knew Hammond had revered om his near-fatal superr crash 10 years ago bee he emerged 'jt as much of a t**t as he always was"'s ments were published almost immediately the wake of ntroversy over a remark Hammond ma on the latt episo of The Grand Tour, where the 47-year-old motorg show host suggted that men who eat ice cream are gay. Richard Hammond's 'Eatg ice cream is gay' ment on Grand Tour episo prompts backlashOn the sixth episo of the first season, which was broadst on 23 December via Amazon Prime, Hammond he didn't eat ice cream, which had "somethg to do wh beg straight" was rpondg to an observatn by Clarkson, who said that you would not be able to eat a cholate Magnum si a Volvo for fear of g the whe leather seats.

‘THE GRAND TOUR’S’ RICHARD HAMMOND SPARKS CONTROVERSY WH ‘ICE CREAM IS GAY’ REMARK

Clarkson and May appeared baffled by Hammond's ments, and Clarkson seemed to make an attempt to steer the nversatn back to his origal joke about eatg cholate the on Twter have reacted negatively to Hammond's ments, accg him of homophobia and cricisg Amazon Prime for allowg the moment to be the time of wrg Hammond had not rpond to the ntroversy. 'The Grand Tour' star Richard Hammond: "I am not anti-gay.

The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond has clarified ments he ma, sayg he don't unrstand why gay people "feel the need" to e out 47-year-old's remarks to the Sunday Tim sparked backlash on social media and some Twter ers said his remarks were homophobic.

RICHARD HAMMOND IS CRICISED FOR GAY ICE CREAM JOKE ON AMAZON SHOW, THE GRAND TOUR

Rpondg to the growg furor by phone Thursday, Hammond tells Newsweek: "I entirely reject any cricism of me beg anti-gay.

"Hammond says his ments were reflective of his experienc the "ightfully middle class, fortable world I live , " and not meant to nigrate gay people parts of the world where homophobia is still a punishable crime. "The very last thg I am is any way anti-gay. "Hammond says he feels his teenage dghters are growg up a more progrsive society, where the LGBT+ muny is more accepted, and for them beg gay is "no big al" and not "any way ntroversial.

GRAND TOUR: RICHARD HAMMOND'S WEIRD 'ICE CREAM IS GAY' RANT IS NOT GOG OVER WELL WH FANS

""There are people who are genuely homophobic and they would disagree wh my view that love is love and people are who they are, " Hammond Grand Tour Season 2 streams globally on Amazon Prime Vio om Friday.

Richard Hammond, who prents The Grand Tour alongsi Jeremy Clarkson and Jam May, has e unr fire for a joke which he nnected eatg ice-cream wh homosexualy. Vio: Amazon Prime/The Grand Tour Richard Hammond has been cricised for lkg eatg ice-cream wh beg gay on the latt episo of The Grand Tour, the motorg show he -hosts wh Jeremy Clarkson and Jam exchange occurred on Happy Fnish Christmas, the sixth episo of the first season of the show, which was released on Amazon Prime on December ont of a live dience, Clarkson poted to an image of the terr of a Rolls Royce, sayg: “The only problem is that one of those, you uldn’t enjoy a cholate Magnum ice-cream. ”‘Homophobic’A spokman for LGBT equaly chary Stonewall said Hammond’s choice of words were not only ridiculo, but “chosen purposefully to mock and beltle”.

”Human rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: "It is a perverse world when an everyday pleasure like ice cream be the butt of homophobic nuendo. …You’re sayg all children are homosexual?

FORMER 'TOP GEAR' HOST FAC BACKLASH AFTER SAYG EATG ICE CREAM IS 'GAY'

? hello & here's the full richard hammond 'ice creams are gay' piece and yeah, 's awful. Stonewall tras teachers to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic slurs like the, so to hear this sort of language on televisn is extremely disappotg and sends the wrong msage to young people.

LGBT mpaigner, Peter Tatchell also exprsed: “It is a perverse world when an everyday pleasure like ice cream be the butt of homophobic nuendo. Let's rejoice at @RichardHammond homophobic banter. Dear @RichardHammond, sual homophobia has no place 2016.

THE GRAND TOUR’S RICHARD HAMMOND AND JAM MAY HS BACK WILL YOUNG’S ‘GAY JOK’ CRICISM: ‘WE’RE NOT REMOTELY HOMOPHOBIC’

Richard Hammond thks grown men who eat ice cream are gay.

'THE GRAND TOUR' -HOST RICHARD HAMMOND CRICISED FOR LKG EATG ICE CREAM WH BEG GAY

homophobia on a show about rs, the most classic whe elephant of pathetic threatened masculy, is so fuckg tragic @RichardHammond. Richard Hammond gags while explag ‘men who eat ice-cream are gay’ on The Grand Tour, ep men that watch this show bigoted weasels?

“The Grand Tour” was expected to provoke ntroversy, and the sixth episo of Amazon Prime’s flagship motorg show has livered wh a gag om -host Richard Hammond suggtg that “eatg ice-cream is gay. Probed by Clarkson — “You’re sayg all children are homosexual?

You're sayg all children are homosexual?

THE GRAND TOUR: DO THIS ADVERT EXPLA RICHARD HAMMOND'S NTROVERSIAL 'ICE CREAM IS GAY' JOKE?

"It's a perverse world when everyday pleasur like ice cream be the butt of homophobic nuendo, " he said. "Stonewall tras teachers to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic slurs like the, so to hear this sort of language on televisn is extremely disappotg and sends the wrong msage to young people.

The Grand Tour is on the receivg end of backlash om viewers, after a scene which Richard Hammond mak strange ments lkg ice cream eatg and homosexualy was aired on the latt all started as Jeremy Clarkson, surveyg the cream-loured si of a Rolls Royce, had only the important matters on his md, potg out: "The only problem is that one of those, you uldn't enjoy a cholate Magnum ice cream. In the latt episo of his new r show on Amazon — “The Grand Tour” — Hammond attempted to make a joke which he implied grown men eatg ice cream was somethg only gay men did. Richard Hammond's world is one where ice cream is gay but drivg round the world wh two middle aged blok is the height of masculy.