Top Gear’s Richard Hammond refused over twisted ankle
Top Gear host Richard Hammond, 39, known as the Hamster, is struggling to get travel insurance for a skiing holiday because he has twisted his ankle, he told Absolute Radio.
“Running in the woods, I twisted my ankle so the holiday insurers say: ‘We can’t insure you.’
He says he always has problems ringing insurers “It is always a tremendous moment – say the name Richard Hammond, long pause, ‘Any accidents in the last...?’ yes, all right, yes there have been.”
Collecting ailments
He added: “I’m collecting rubbish ailments. I’ve had kidney stones, they’re not very heroic. Athlete’s foot, that’s a puller. Hernia, oh yes.
“Now I’ve twisted my ankle. None of them are the kind of things you lean on at parties.”
