Yes there are eternally offended people out there (usually on the behalf of others), let them get on with being offended, it won't stop me watching or saying what I want. If nobody ever told a racist, homophobic, sexist etc joke ever again, people would still find something to get offended about.

To be fair it's origins are American, sometimes those things take a while.

I'm surprised that anybody cares what Richard Hammond thinks.

What symbol will arrogant selfish dicks get?

Some people find things funny that others don't. As I said earlier we all have something that would potentially match "us" gay, straight, black, white, fat, thin, ginger, pale, Irish, Tory, Labour (keep going...)

This really isn't a big thing, so silly for people to get so upset on Twitter over it and it just demonstrates how silly this political correctness thing has gone. I wish we did'n't have people like you spoiling comedy and being so over sensitive.

Completely agree with everything here. What amazes me is that some people will defend the Top Gear trio to the death even if they have quite clearly made offensive comments. Children watch this programme- do we really want Richard Hammond telling them that homosexuality is wrong/bad?

It's not comedy. It wasn't even a joke. Just a moron making a tasteless remark. That's not "comedy".

Oh now it's "children watch" so lets pull anything children can't see, maybe we should make the whole thing censored down to a children's program level.

He didn't say it was bad if you watched the joke.

Have you actually watched it?

Not your idea of comedy.

First time I saw it was in Palahniuk's Fight Club.

Well I don't have twitter and I'm not easily offended, but it seems you're easily offended about other people being offended!

Yes it's streamed, but the vast majority will watch it on release. Therefore some numpty who got offended has started all this for no reason.

It wasnt homophobic and it wasn't offensive. It was merely a joke that YOU didn't like. I didn't find it funny either, but i wasn't offended!

The problem here is people like you who carry on about how everything is homophobic and offensive, Sure we have to have a line, but you are taking this too far now.

So again, care to furnish us with what you watch?

So what was he saying?

No just annoyed that we don't see half the comedy that we used to because of the serially offended and fed up with seeing Twitter storm in a teacups over such minor things that usually only last a day or so.

I'm willing to bet he hasn't watched the full thing at all.

Instead of asking someone so you can still be offended about it, go and watch it. Then make up your mind.

So who's more offended? The people who think Hammond's a moronic idiot for saying that it's gay to eat ice-cream? Or the people who think that you can't call him a moronic idiot for saying it? The latter seem angrier to me.

Do men actually like ice cream? I never realised

Where?

What don't we see? The comedy and general content from Top Gear to The Grand Tour has gotten more 'risqué'.

You see more people moaning, but what exactly has stopped?

You'd be out of pocket. I watched it last night and was appalled at both the homophobia and the poor quality of the programme in general. The phrase "how the mighty have fallen" came to mind.

Bet your the type who constantly moans about Clarkson, yet continue to watch him.

I take it you've watched the old Top Gear before? Yet your suprised about seeing non-pc jokes in it?

Mine too - and they are big tits


Well, it works for Hammond & co I imagine it's in the job description.


Surely you knew this before? They are relegated to the outer echelons of the TV where people pay to watch them, so really there's no need to see them unless you make a conscious choice to do so.


Yes, I completely agree with this.


Me too - after all, the only people who are watching him are those who choose to - you can't just flick over the TV channels and see the show lurking there. You have to choose to watch it. It's aimed at a certain kind of person, they expect these kind of comments - it's their show. Best leave them to it.


If you call this comedy then perhaps it's a good thing it's in decline

ETA: Love the Daily Mash article - the voice in Hammond's head The voice added: “Clarkson is the star. Sure, we don’t really know why, but there it is.

“James May has a slightly awkward, fogey-ish quality that makes him sufficiently different from Clarkson.

“But you’re just a little fart. So do us both a favour and stop calling things ‘gay’. I don’t want to be the voice inside the head of a bitter has-been who’s selling smoothie makers on a shopping channel.”

That's comedy

Eating ice cream makes me happy