In the latest The Grand Tour episode, Richard Hammond suggests that only gay men eat ice cream.
Here's the context: The conversation starts with Jeremy Clarkson talking about this Rolls Royce.
Richard Hammond then follows it up with this:
Hammond then explained his reasoning:
It was then followed with this:
It was picked up online several days after the episode was released on Amazon Prime.
Richard Hammond gags while explaining ‘men who eat ice-cream are gay’ on The Grand Tour, ep 6. Are men that watch t… https://t.co/CMS19sn2Yc
And it's provoked a backlash.
🤗 hello & here's the full richard hammond 'ice creams are gay' piece and yeah, it's awful
On the day after George Michael died, weasel words from terrified heterosexuals shall not fucking pass. #hammond
I wish George Michael was still alive so he could tell Richard Hammond to take his fragile masculinity and shove it up his arse.
homophobia on a show about cars, the most classic white elephant of pathetic threatened masculinity, is so fucking tragic @RichardHammond
Olly Alexander, the lead singer of Years & Years said:
excuse me while i gag on my cornetto https://t.co/JqscM3xU8l
really tho no wonder some straight guys are fucked up they can't even have ice cream
A lot of people are also taking the piss out of him.
Imagine denying yourself ice cream AND bumming. Sad.
I'm gonna go to Richard Hammond's house and deepthroat a Twister.
If eating ice cream makes you gay then I am Liberace.
"ice cream is gay" might be the worst opinion I've ever heard and I'm on twitter
I’ve had SO much ice cream, really really hard ice cream, from a variety of angles.