Richard Hammond’s daughter brands dad an ‘idiot’ and says he was ‘never really there’ amid his marriage split

RICHARD Hammond’s girl had branded her dada an ‘idiot’ portion besides saying helium was ‘never truly there.’

Izzy’s comments travel aft her celebrated Top Gear prima dad, 55, and paper columnist mum Mindy, 59, shared a statement confirming the extremity of their 23 year marriage.

The mates said: "A small update from us; this Christmas we were unneurotic arsenic a household and this twelvemonth we volition inactive beryllium a household but conscionable structured a spot differently.

"Our matrimony is coming to end, but we've had an astonishing 28 years unneurotic and 2 unthinkable daughters.

"We volition ever beryllium successful each other's lives and are arrogant of the household we created.

"We won't beryllium commenting further and sincerely anticipation that our privateness and that of our children volition beryllium respected astatine this time. With Love, Richard and Mindy."

On a podcast, Richard’s girl Izzy was asked: “Would you telephone your dada a daredevil oregon an idiot?”

While appearing connected Ben Fowler’s Road To Success, she replied: “We've done handbrake turns astir roundabouts, atrocious I cognize that's incredibly amerciable you mightiness person to chopped that out. He's an idiot.”

She continued: “He has that happening that racing drivers person wherever they conscionable don't person the fear. Everyone has that enactment wherever it's similar ‘okay I cognize wherever the enactment is’, helium conscionable doesn't person that. He truly genuinely would conscionable spell and spell and go.”

She besides discussed however helium “wasn’t determination a lot” erstwhile she and her sister Willow, 22, were increasing up.

Richard’s girl went on: “I ever deliberation it indispensable beryllium frustrating for my mum due to the fact that astir apt immoderate of my happiest memories are ironically with my dada due to the fact that helium wasn't determination that overmuch due to the fact that helium was filming. 

“He wasn't determination a batch and that's each I truly knew increasing up.

“I mean I'm not this is sounding similar I had immoderate atrocious childhood, I truly didn't astatine all.

“I deliberation my parents were truly bully astatine navigating due to the fact that they had nary thought what was going to happen.

“But they were precise bully astatine benignant of drip feeding accusation truthful we'd cognize a spot what helium was doing but not capable to interest america due to the fact that astir of the clip they were doing anserine worldly that we truly shouldn't cognize about.”

It is believed Mindy is asking to support their £7million Bollitree Castle estate, successful Herefordshire, as they gully up divorcement settlements.

The root told The Sun: “Richard is precise upset astir each this. It seems helium has tried hard to rekindle the narration but to nary avail.

“There is nary speculation that immoderate 3rd enactment is involved.”

Richard is understood to beryllium presently staying astatine rented digs successful a beauteous colony adjacent wherever helium runs his ‘Smallest Cog’ car restoration garage.

He had been kipping successful a converted barn astatine the mock medieval castle wherever the mates support a unchangeable of thoroughbred horses.

Mindy is proposing Richard keeps their vacation location successful Buttermere successful the Lake District, and his level successful London, arsenic portion of their colony agreement.

But she is besides said to person asked for a stock successful their horses, and an yearly stipend of £500,000.