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Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond announced in an official statement on January 9 that he is separating from his wife, Amanda “Mindy” Hammond. The pair, who had been together for 28 years, are parents to daughters Izzy and Willow, who are 24 and 22 respectively. The duo tied the knot in 2002.
Shared on X on behalf of both of them, the couple said in their statement that they spent Christmas together “as a family”; however, they were going into the new year “structured a bit differently.” The statement added:
“Our marriage is coming to an 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.”
Meanwhile, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Richard boasts a net worth of $45 million.
Inside Richard Hammond’s fortune as television star announces separation from wife
Richard gained stardom after becoming a presenter on Top Gear in 2002, alongside his co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May. He has since appeared in several other shows and documentaries, including The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend, Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections, Total Wipeout, Science of Stupid, and The Grand Tour, among others.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Hammond started earning an annual salary of $7 million in 2016. His fortune also includes an extensive car collection, including many Porsche 911s, a BMW 850Ci, a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, a 1967 Ford Mustang GT 390, and a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8, among others.
Furthermore, Hammond owns a mock castle in Herefordshire, an apartment in London, and a villa in Saint-Tropez, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
The television star likely made most of his fortune through his television shows.
On the other hand, Richard Hammond has previously been vocal about how Mindy supported him as he dealt with the aftermath of his nearly fatal 2006 Top Gear crash. The incident briefly left him in a coma and he suffered post-traumatic amnesia.
Speaking about the same in 2022, Richard shared that his wife was screaming at him when he woke up from his coma, according to The Independent on January 10, 2025. Richard revealed that as he was sharing with Mindy the dream he had while in a coma, she told him that she had been “shouting and screaming” at him at the same time, reportedly telling him, “Don’t you dare die!”
For those uninitiated, Mindy Hammond is a newspaper columnist.
The Hammond family appeared together on the Discovery+ series Richard Hammond’s Workshop.
Richard Hammond has also collaborated with his eldest daughter Izzy on their podcast Who We Are Now With Izzy & Richard, which is set to return for a third season this year.
Meanwhile, a few other shows of Richard Hammond’s include Blast Lab, Invisible Worlds, Journey to the Centre of the Planet, Crash Course, and the 5 O’Clock Show, among others.
