Lewis Hamilton seeks forgiveness after mocking his nephew for wearing a dress
Lewis Hamilton has apologised after posting a video to social media where he mocked his nephew for wearing a dress.
In the Instagram video, which has since been deleted, the Formula 1 driver is reported to have pointed the camera to his nephew who was wearing a pink and purple dress and holding a wand.
"I'm so sad right now. Look at my nephew," he says, and then proceeds to ask the boy, "Why are you wearing a princess dress? Is this what you got for Christmas? Why did you ask for a princess dress for Christmas? Boys don't wear princess dresses."
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People on Twitter were quick to criticise the post and explained the damaging subtext of Hamilton's remarks.
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Imraan Sathar, of the LGBT and non-binary support group Stay Brave UK, called for Hamilton to be stripped of his MBE.
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Liam Hackett, CEO of the anti-bullying charity Ditch The Label, said it was "disappointing to see somebody with such a huge platform use it to publicly shame and attempt to undermine a child."
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Hamilton has deleted the video and written a series of tweets asking for forgiveness:
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But some people aren't convinced by the sincerity of his words based on the tweets that Hamilton has liked.
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Mashable has reached out to Lewis Hamilton's representative for comment.
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Anne-Marie Tomchak is the UK Editor of Mashable, where she heads up the company's operations from London. She has spent over a decade reporting and presenting for national and international broadcasters including the BBC, RTE, Deutsche Welle, American Public Media and NPR. In 2013, Anne-Marie launched the social media investigative unit BBC Trending. During her time at the corporation, she also developed the mobile video offering on the BBC News app and fronted live social broadcasts. Anne-Marie is a leading digital media voice contextualizing the role of technology in the modern world. She has made a number of feature length TV documentaries for Ireland's national broadcaster RTE in her capacity as UK Editor for Mashable, including ‘Cloud Control: Who Owns Your Data?’ (Nov 2016) about big data and digital fingerprints and “Will A Robot Steal My Job” (Nov 2017) about the impact of AI and automation on the workforce. The Irish Times listed her as '30 Irish Women You Need to Know' for International Women's Day and she is one of Silicon Republic's '30 Incredible Irish people leading a European invasion'.
