A resurfaced sketch shows Richard Hammond’s wife Mindy becoming increasingly frustrated with her husband after the couple announced their separation on Thursday.
Mindy is understood to have filed for divorce from the Top Gear star after 28 years of marriage and in a clip from her former show Mid-Life Crisis in 2020, she evidently cannot hide her irritation at Richard’s behaviour.
In the fun scene, the couple is dressed to go to a party while Richard takes the wheel of a luxury Ford Ranger Raptor pickup truck.
Discussing the vehicle’s many features, Mindy is seen growing increasingly bored as she barks, “Are you going to talk like that all night?”
Richard then replies, “Honey, I’m just talking about some of the fancy features of my fancy new truck while we go to our fancy party… Sophisticated.”
Not seeing the funny side, she bluntly replies, “Whatever,” but Richard ignores her irritated attitude and continues angrily, “Because I’m sophisticated.” I have a bow tie. That I tied myself.
Richard Hammond’s wife Mindy couldn’t hide her irritation at her husband in a hilarious sketch resurfaced after the couple announced their split after 28 years of marriage on Thursday.
In a clip from her old show Mid-Life Crisis in 2020, Mindy is seen growing increasingly bored as she barks, “Are you going to talk like that all night?”
“Yes, honey, it shows,” Mindy adds.
Later in the video, Richard decides to test the vehicle’s off-road abilities and embarks on a “shortcut” through bumpy terrain and muddy water while Mindy attempts to apply mascara.
Arriving home ready for her ‘sophisticated party’, Mindy is left disheveled from the trip, with her hair messy everywhere and makeup smeared on her face.
Richard then asks, ‘Am I telling you it’ll be here in a minute?’ Two minutes? Why do you grind your teeth?
The comical clip resurfaced after Mindy previously warned that Richard was on his “last chance,” eight years before the couple announced their marriage was over.
According to the the sunMindy demanded a divorce after a source claimed she “wanted him gone.”
A source told the publication: ‘Richard is very upset about all of this. It seems that he has tried with all his might to rekindle the relationship but to no avail. There is no speculation that third parties are involved.
Richard married Mindy in 2002 after they met in 1995, and the host previously shared that there was an instant attraction between them.
Later in the video, Richard decides to test the vehicle’s off-road abilities through bumpy terrain and muddy water while Mindy tries to apply her mascara.
The comical clip resurfaced after Mindy previously warned that Richard was on his “last chance,” eight years before the couple announced their marriage was over (pictured in February 2024).
Richard shared on Thursday that he and his wife had separated after 28 years of marriage, writing in a statement that they “will always be in each other’s lives.”
In 2017, Mindy publicly warned her husband that he would have to quit television if he seriously crashed his car again, after being involved in a second high-speed accident.
Richard was filming his show The Grand Tour in Switzerland when the car he was driving crashed and overturned repeatedly. It caught fire moments after he managed to escape.
In 2006 he also suffered life-threatening head injuries and was placed in a coma following a high-speed accident while filming for the BBC’s Top Gear.
Mindy flew to her husband’s bedside after he fell off the Swiss hillside and said, “I said three strikes and you’re out.” You’ve had two tries.
Appearing on ITV’s This Morning, Mindy said: “He has one of these every ten years, so I’ve marked the next one in my diary.”
Richard has repeatedly apologized to his wife and two daughters for putting them through further trauma.
Mindy said, “I have teenage daughters and a nine-year-old man.”
After the Swiss accident, he said he believed he might die when his car flew off the mountain.
Richard married Mindy in 2002 after they met in 1995, and the host previously shared that there was an instant attraction between them (pictured in 2006).
Mindy reportedly made the Top Gear star sleep in the castle barn after the split as she wants to keep her £7million property at Bollitree Castle in Hertfordshire.
Richard is reportedly staying in a rented property in a nearby village where he runs his ‘Smallest Cog’ car restoration shop.
The presenter was in a coma for two weeks after the accident, but made a full recovery.
Richard shared on Thursday that he and his wife had separated after 28 years of marriage, writing in a statement that they “will always be in each other’s lives.”
He wrote: ‘A little update from us; This Christmas we were together as a family and this year we will continue to be a family, but with a slightly different structure.
‘Our marriage is coming to an end, but we have spent 28 incredible years together and two incredible daughters.
‘We will always be in each other’s lives and we are proud of the family we created.
‘We will not be commenting further and sincerely hope that our privacy and that of our children are respected at this time. Love, Richard and Mindy.’
Mindy reportedly made the Top Gear star sleep in the castle barn after the split as she wants to keep her £7million property at Bollitree Castle in Hertfordshire.
Richard is reportedly staying in a rented property in a nearby village where he runs his ‘Smallest Cog’ car restoration shop.
Last year, Richard hinted at strains in the marriage when he gave his fans a tour and admitted he had broken his one golden rule.
The presenter said he had managed to “sneak” his prized motorcycle collection into space after it was “decided” they needed to be removed.
Revealing that Mindy doesn’t go to the barn, he said, “My wife swears blind that it’s haunted and that makes it even more so for me and the boys.”