Former Prime Gear and The Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond has spoken publicly about his relationship with therapist Kiki Glen, marking his first detailed feedback concerning the romance since he and spouse Mindy introduced their separation.The 56-year-old tv presenter confirmed that he’s courting Glen, who’s a governor at Headington Rye Faculty in Oxford. The pair had been first linked earlier this 12 months and have since been photographed collectively, together with throughout a go to to Waitrose.Talking to The Instances, Hammond described his new relationship as a very constructive chapter in his life.“It’s the most effective factor that’s occurring for me,” he mentioned.
New relationship has impressed Hammond to take up new hobbies
Hammond revealed that his relationship has additionally inspired him to turn into extra energetic and check out actions he beforehand averted.“I performed golf thrice this week. I’ve taken up extra critical working, and I’m going to have a go at a small triathlon subsequent 12 months,” he mentioned.The presenter added that getting ready for the triathlon has even led him to take up wild swimming.“My accomplice took one take a look at the lake, clapped her palms and mentioned, ‘Oh, darling, doesn’t it simply make you wish to get in?’ No, I spent 40 years avoiding it,” Hammond joked.His feedback supply a glimpse into his life following a troublesome interval that included the tip of his lengthy marriage and the dying of his father in 2024.
Richard Hammond and Mindy introduced divorce after 28 years
Richard Hammond and Mindy Hammond ended their 28-year marriage in 2025, however the former couple have mentioned they may stay a household and proceed to be a part of one another’s lives. (Picture: Getty Photographs)
Hammond and Mindy introduced in January 2025 that their marriage was coming to an finish after 28 years collectively.On the time, the couple pressured that they might proceed to stay a household and preserve an in depth relationship for the sake of their two daughters, Izzy and Willow.“Our marriage is coming to an finish, however we’ve had a tremendous 28 years collectively and two unimaginable daughters,” Hammond mentioned in a joint assertion.“We’ll at all times be in one another’s lives and are pleased with the household we created.”Regardless of their separation, Hammond and Mindy have continued to share necessary household events. The previous couple had been seen collectively at their daughter Willow’s commencement from Hartpury College in Gloucestershire.
Who’s Richard Hammond’s accomplice Kiki Glen?
Kiki Glen is a therapist and a faculty governor at Headington Rye Faculty in Oxford. She can also be a mom of two daughters and has beforehand been married.Hammond’s relationship with Glen emerged publicly a number of months after his separation from Mindy, with the pair subsequently photographed collectively in Oxfordshire.The romance seems to have coincided with Hammond embracing a extra energetic life-style, together with working, golf and plans to take part in a small triathlon.
Hammond’s life after Prime Gear and The Grand Tour
Richard Hammond has remained one in every of Britain’s best-known tv presenters via his work on Prime Gear, The Grand Tour and a spread of motoring and journey programmes.His profession has additionally been marked by a number of critical accidents. He suffered a high-speed crash whereas filming Prime Gear in 2006 and was concerned in one other main accident whereas filming The Grand Tour in Switzerland in 2017.Regardless of these setbacks, Hammond has continued working in tv whereas additionally creating initiatives linked to his life within the countryside.