Richard Hammond has been on television for the last 20 years. He is an accomplished TV personality, author, and businessman. In an interview with the Telegraph, Richard Hammond confessed to having a low opinion of Jeremy Clarkson. The two have learned to cope with each other, having worked together for close to twenty years. In the same Interview, Hammond mentioned that there are those who find Clarkson attractive because of his temperament.
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Jeremy Clarkson may have the cutting wit, but Richard Hammond's got the looks. After all, he once came top in a gossip mag's poll of 'weird celebrity crushes', which is probably the best dubious complement anyone's ever been paid. Born in , Richard grew up in the Yorkshire town of Ripon, where he attended the incredibly old and prestigious Ripon Grammar School - a place so bloated with history that it was actually founded twice once in Saxon times, and all over again in Which probably explains why Hammond speaks so well and stuff. Determined to somehow work in motoring, Hammond decided to learn the dark arts of public relations, and helped organise car-related corporate events for clients like the Ferrari Owners' Club. It was during this period that he met his beloved wife "She loves cars more than I do, she's bonkers" and, in , Hammond was finally picked up to present his first car show on TV. It was on the Men And Motors cable channel, so the only people who saw it were the cameramen.
May's comments were published amid controversy over a 'joke' about ice cream made by Hammond on the show. May said the most annoying thing about his other co-host Hammond is "his face. His chirpiness and his silly little beard". Clarkson and May appeared baffled by Hammond's comments, and Clarkson seemed to make an attempt to steer the conversation back to his original joke about eating chocolate in the Volvo.
So much so that when James wanted a cat it was animal-lover Mindy who found Fusker for him and Sarah. And when Richard nearly died in a mph crash in a jet engine-powered racing car in , Francie and Sarah rushed to support Mindy and her children Izzy, eight, and Willow, five. Although they may sound very different the chemistry clearly works — just as it does for Jeremy, 49, Richard, 39, and James, 46, who describe themselves as genuine if juvenile friends. Jeremy Clarkson and his wife Francie.