News Details

‘That was wrong': Lewis Hamilton apologises for ‘ignorant' dress comment

Sir Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he was out of line for joking about his nephew’s decision to wear a dress during an Instagram video. Over four years ago, just after of the 2017 season, Hamilton was filming his nephew wearing a pink dress, and he jokingly shouted, “boys don’t wear dresses.” The seven-time champion likely did not quite realise the severity of those words, nor the effect it might have on transexual people, so he quickly apologised for the “inappropriate” remark. Since then, Hamilton has very much learned from his mistake. He frequently campaigns for equality and social justice, and has been a committed ally of the LGBTQ+ community. READ: Lewis Hamilton on...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

‘The more dragging everything is': Aston Martin...

Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has called for a decision to be...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Money ‘likely' reason for Alonso switch –...

Aug.8 It appears Aston Martin simply offered Fernando Alonso...
1y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

‘Says pretty much everything about their car':...

Sir Lewis Hamilton reckons he might have been in with a shot of winning...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Alpine learned of Alonso’s Aston Martin switch...

Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer says that his team only learned that...
1y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Vinales: Aprilia COTA MotoGP win has ‘different...

Maverick Vinales believes that his maiden win with Aprilia in MotoGP at...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Neuville and Evans tied to a tenth!

Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans fought a mighty duel across eight stages...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta says it is 'too soon' for £38m defender...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided an injury update on summer...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Aston Villa line up summer move for £60m Chelsea flop

Aston Villa are targeting a new left-back this summer and Chelsea's Marc...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.