Richard Hammond faces 'tremendous grief' as he announces dad's death after marriage split Richard Hammond has shared the "tremendous grief" he's been grappling with following the passing of his father, Alan Hammond.
Richard shared that the pain of grief is triggered unexpectedly, revealing: "And when it hits me is when I'm pottering about doing something often inconsequential, or thinking about something big, my brain has already formed the thought, 'oh, I must tell dad' and I only sort of get... "You know when you're turning a thought into language?
In conversation with their guest, renowned clinical psychiatrist Dr T, Richard, Richard revealed: "I have to say quite early on that since we spoke to Professor Green – because that's this week's episode, but we recorded it a little while back – since then, we've lost my father, Izzy's grandfather, he died.".
Dr T explained the universality of grief, saying, "Loss is something that we have experienced, are experiencing right now, or are going to experience in the near future, it's a very common part of life," a sentiment Richard concurred with.
Sharing a phenomenon that Richard could identify with after his personal grief, Dr T said: "So, this level of frustration is painful to the extent that sometimes when our phone rings, we think it's them, and when you're thinking about them, you think, where are they right now?".
