Richard Hammond’s daughter, Izzy, shared a glimpse into the family’s early life, confessing that the actor was largely absent from their childhoods.

The 24-year-old content creator claimed that her mother had been very “frustrated” because if these domestic fights all the time.

This comes after the Top Gear star announced his divorce with Mindy on Thursday, after 28 years of marriage.

Reportedly, during her appearance on Ben Fowler’s podcast Road To Success just days before the news of her parents’ split, Izzy was asked, “Would you call your dad a daredevil or an idiot?”

The keen motorhead replied, We’ve done handbrake turns around roundabouts, sorry I know that’s incredibly illegal you might have to cut that out. He’s an idiot.”

Continuing she detailed, ”He has that thing that racing drivers have where they just don’t have the fear. Everyone has that line where it’s like “okay I know where the line is”, he just doesn’t have that. He really genuinely would just go and go and go.”