Richard Hammond says Jeremy Clarkson stopped talking to him after he told him of new hobby

TV presenter Richard Hammond has revealed that Jeremy Clarkson stopped talking to him for two days — because he took up golf.

He said his announcement to his The Grand Tour co-stars Clarkson, 62, and James May, 59, offended them.

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“Appalled” Clarkson and May berated him for taking up the sport, but Hammond claims he feels “liberated” for confessing his new love.

Richard, 52, told the Rick Shiels Golf Show podcast he had hated golf but fell in love with the sport after going on holiday with mates in the South of France.

He recalled how he later told the pair of his passion after taking two lessons.

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He said: “Jeremy didn’t speak to me for a couple of days and was genuinely, genuinely hurt.”

And he joked: “I wish it had been longer."

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