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Hamilton justifies social media purge by 'clean slate' start

Lewis Hamilton says wiping his social media accounts clean late last year was a long-planned decision from his management team. The four-time world champion came under heavy criticism in December when a video posted to his Instagram account depicted the Mercedes driver chastising his young nephew for dressing up with a princess dress. The post caused a massive backlash on the internet which was followed shortly after by apologetic comments from Hamilton before the superstar deleted all content from both Instagram and Twitter. Queried on the subject at this week's launch of Mercedes' new W09 car, Hamilton said the timing of the social media purge was coincidental and had no link to the...
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