{"id":237051,"date":"2025-11-01T02:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237051\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T02:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:51:18","slug":"top-gear-star-richard-hammond-makes-frank-statement-on-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237051\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Gear star Richard Hammond makes frank statement on divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The presenter is known for hosting motivating shows, Top Gear and The Grand Tour, with Oxfordshire farmer Jeremy Clarkson and James May, who recently performed in Oxford.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hammond announced in January that he and his wife Mindy, with whom he shares two daughters, were separating after 28 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In his new TV programme on Discovery, Richard Hammond&#8217;s Workshop, the 55-year-old spoke about the divorce on air for the first time in a frank manner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25584414.clarksons-farm-star-makes-major-purchase-leaving-show\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clarkson&#8217;s Farm star makes major purchase after leaving show<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Richard Hammond was at Oxfordshire&#8217;s Blenheim Palace in August. (Image: Prime Video)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Addressing the topic, he told viewers: &#8220;Let\u2019s get something out of the way straightaway. There has been a slight change in my circumstances recently.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I got divorced. Which means I now live here. I like it. It\u2019s got amazing views, a place to keep some of my cars and bikes, and best of all, it\u2019s closer to the workshop.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I\u2019m trying to put a silver lining on this. It\u2019s been a tough few years, but it\u2019s not all bad.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Back in January, Mr Hammond made his fans and followers aware of the significant life update with a rare message on his X account.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25585095.jeremy-clarkson-partner-attend-funeral-british-queen-high-society\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeremy Clarkson and partner attend funeral of &#8216;British Queen of High Society&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Get trusted Oxford news from the Oxford Mail for just \u00a34 for 4 months or save 40 per cent on an annual subscription. Don\u2019t miss out, subscribe today! \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LocalNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#LocalNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StayConnected?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#StayConnected<\/a> \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u05hJxVia6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/u05hJxVia6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioKwBzIDwe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ioKwBzIDwe<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1983102123413053547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 28, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A little update from us; this Christmas we were together as a family, and this year we will still be a family, but just structured a bit differently,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our marriage is coming to an end, but we\u2019ve had an amazing 28 years together and two incredible daughters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We will always be in each other\u2019s lives and are proud of the family we created.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We won\u2019t be commenting further and sincerely hope that our privacy and that of our children will be respected at this time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;With love, Richard and Mindy.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The presenter is known for hosting motivating shows, Top Gear and The Grand Tour, with Oxfordshire farmer Jeremy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-237051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}