A British television host is receiving a barrage of criticism for linking eating ice cream with being gay.
Richard Hammond, one of the co-hosts of The Grand Tour, made the comments during filming of the sixth episode of the show, which was released on Amazon Prime on Dec. 23.
In front of a live audience, co-host Jeremy Clarkson pointed to a picture of the interior of a Rolls Royce, saying, “The only problem is that in one of those, you couldn’t enjoy a chocolate Magnum ice cream.”
Hammond responded: “It’s all right, I don’t eat ice cream. It’s something to do with being straight.”
Clarkson and co-host James May appeared perplexed, asking Hammond if he thought all children were gay, to which Hammond replied “no.”
“Ice cream is a bit, you know… There’s nothing wrong with it, but a grown man eating an ice cream, you know, it’s a bit…it’s that way, rather than that way,” Hammond continued. “I’m right. I can’t believe you can’t see that. It’s easy. It’s right in front of you.”
Twitter exploded over the host’s comments:
We lost Prince, Bowie and Michael in a year where Richard Hammond can't eat ice cream in fear of damaging his fragile & pathetic masculinity
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