Richard Hammond suffers 'tremendous grief' over family loss just after split
Richard Hammond has revealed his father, Alan Hammond, died recently, not long after the Top Gear star announced the devastating news of his marriage split.
Richard Hammond has admitted he's been suffering from "tremendous grief" over the death of his dad, Alan Hammond. The sad news comes not long after The Grand Tour and Top Gear presenter confirmed his marriage split from wife Mindy Hammond after an "amazing 28 years together", at the beginning of January.
The TV star addressed the loss of his father for the first time during the latest episode of his podcast, Who We Are Now, which he co-hosts with daughter Izzy Hammond.
While speaking to their guest, famous clinical psychiatrist Dr T, Richard shared: "I have to say quite early on that since we spoke to Professor Green â because thatâs this weekâs episode, but we recorded it a little while back â since then, weâve lost my father, Izzyâs grandfather, he died.
"And so we are, probably, both of us, Iz, are undergoing change right now â is that changing us?", he asked Dr T, who sympathetically replied: "Firstly, Iâm sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing and itâs so helpful, I guess, to hear because itâs so relatable.
"Loss is something that we have experienced, are experiencing right now, or are going to experience in the near future, itâs a very common part of life," to which Richard agreed.
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Richard Hammond with his wife Mindy (Image: Getty)Dr T continued: "And itâs painful because when we have someone, or something, in our life that we love, cherish, thatâs important to us, that weâre used to, it forms part of the Neurocircuitry in our brain, but also our sense of self."
The psychiatrist went on to explain that the experience of a bereavement changes your brain due to the frustration a loss can bring.
He revealed: "When you go through a bereavement, your brain goes through a highly motivated state, because you would think that you would crash, but what happens is that when something that means a lot to us is removed, we want it back.
"And itâs that frustrating moment of, âI want you to be back here, I want that person to be back here, I want that pet to be back here â and theyâre notâ."
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Dr T then shared information that Richard himself could relate to after going through grief. He explained to the father-daughter duo: "So, this level of frustration is painful to the extent that sometimes when our phone rings, we think itâs them, and when youâre thinking about them, you think, where are they right now?".
Opening up on his own ordeal further, Richard mused in response: "Thatâs interesting, because itâs your brain doing stuff that you only experience through emotions and sensations that it triggers.
"For instance, Iâve noticed that since we lost my dad I donât wander around daily in a cloud of⊠there was tremendous grief, of course there was, he was my dad, but itâs kind of in the background.
"And when it hits me is when Iâm pottering about doing something often inconsequential, or thinking about something big, my brain has already formed the thought, âoh, I must tell dadâ and I only sort of getâŠ
"You know when youâre turning a thought into language? So the thought is there, and then I form it into words so I can communicate to myself and to the world, and it gets as far as, âoh I must tell... oh,â and itâs not a big crashing emotion, but itâs a definite sense, itâs a reminder, and thatâs the brain doing what you just described."
Richard has been through a great deal of change personally in the past few months, with the death of his dad and his split from his estranged wife Mindy, with whom he shares daughters Izzy, 24, and Willow, 22.
In a statement, Richard and Mindy shared on social media: "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.
"Our marriage is coming to end, but we've had an amazing 28 years together and two incredible daughters.We will always be in each other's lives and are proud of the family we created. We won't be commenting further and sincerely hope that our privacy and that of our children will be respected at this time. With Love, Richard and Mindy."
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