Lewis Hamilton
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I wonder how many here would never slip up if they were being regularly interviewed live on radio/TV? I suspect none, but then we'll never know as no one posting here with nothing better to do than slag off a talented sportsman who is living the dream through innate talent and good opportunities, but also through hard work and dedication is ever going to amount to much frankly!
sparta6 said:
37chevy said:
sparta6 said:
I'm surprised any intelligent person bought into Hamilton's "slum" nonsense that he's been spouting for years.
Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
Please tell me where he’s sprouted slum nonsense ...I can’t recall any time he’s used those words before. Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
I do recall him saying he lived in a council house on his dads sofa while he worked his butt off for him.
Be nice if you could back up your statement with evidence
Not sure why he's so critical of his upbringing. Maybe he'd like to project a background similar to some of his US rapper friends who grew up in genuine ghettos ?
Maybe we'll also hear from Vettel how rough it was for him, growing up with only one Steinway in his wooden shack
Grahamdub said:
Polite M135 driver said:
REALIST123 said:
Maybe they don’t all evade tax?
That’s what Hamilton was/is accused of, IIRC.
No he’s not accused of evading tax That’s what Hamilton was/is accused of, IIRC.
If he had evaded tax the case would've been built against him already
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41901814
Hamilton was never accused of tax evasion. Where has that come from?? He used a legal tax avoidance scheme, upon the advice of his tax advisors...
People try hard to get dirt on these celebs like it’ll boost their own, slightly pitiful, existence. When my accountant tells me, you can do such and such to save X amount on tax. I listen to him and then follow the instructions. Why? Because I’m not an idiot. Some people need to have a word with themselves and try to understand why it is they need to pin something on someone they’ll never meet and who couldn’t give two hoots about them.
Hamilton gets lambasted for living abroad and paying less tax; when Button and half the grid do the same. Very very odd. Remember also, most drivers will genuinely be out of their ‘home’ country for much of the year; and so why not get stationed in Monaco or Switzerland? It makes perfect sense.
People try hard to get dirt on these celebs like it’ll boost their own, slightly pitiful, existence. When my accountant tells me, you can do such and such to save X amount on tax. I listen to him and then follow the instructions. Why? Because I’m not an idiot. Some people need to have a word with themselves and try to understand why it is they need to pin something on someone they’ll never meet and who couldn’t give two hoots about them.
Hamilton gets lambasted for living abroad and paying less tax; when Button and half the grid do the same. Very very odd. Remember also, most drivers will genuinely be out of their ‘home’ country for much of the year; and so why not get stationed in Monaco or Switzerland? It makes perfect sense.
HighwayStar said:
sparta6 said:
37chevy said:
sparta6 said:
I'm surprised any intelligent person bought into Hamilton's "slum" nonsense that he's been spouting for years.
Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
Please tell me where he’s sprouted slum nonsense ...I can’t recall any time he’s used those words before. Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
I do recall him saying he lived in a council house on his dads sofa while he worked his butt off for him.
Be nice if you could back up your statement with evidence
Not sure why he's so critical of his upbringing. Maybe he'd like to project a background similar to some of his US rapper friends who grew up in genuine ghettos ?
Maybe we'll also hear from Vettel how rough it was for him, growing up with only one Steinway in his wooden shack
Too much bubbly last night...
sparta6 said:
37chevy said:
sparta6 said:
I'm surprised any intelligent person bought into Hamilton's "slum" nonsense that he's been spouting for years.
Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
Please tell me where he’s sprouted slum nonsense ...I can’t recall any time he’s used those words before. Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
I do recall him saying he lived in a council house on his dads sofa while he worked his butt off for him.
Be nice if you could back up your statement with evidence
Not sure why he's so critical of his upbringing. Maybe he'd like to project a background similar to some of his US rapper friends who grew up in genuine ghettos ?
Maybe we'll also hear from Vettel how rough it was for him, growing up with only one Steinway in his wooden shack
Again, I don't recall him being particularly disparaging about the place so don't understand what people are banging on about the 'constantly', but the guy has the right to that view and that opinion - he was bought up there! Could he have picked his words more carefully knowing the scrutiny? Maybe, but everyone needs to ask themselves - what if Kimi had called somewhere a s
t hole? We'd have all laughed and said 'oh what a character, isn't it nice that he speaks his mind and says what he wants'.I think we're all being hypocritical and selective with whatever rules we are applying to who can say what and how.
sparta6 said:
HighwayStar said:
sparta6 said:
37chevy said:
sparta6 said:
I'm surprised any intelligent person bought into Hamilton's "slum" nonsense that he's been spouting for years.
Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
Please tell me where he’s sprouted slum nonsense ...I can’t recall any time he’s used those words before. Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
I do recall him saying he lived in a council house on his dads sofa while he worked his butt off for him.
Be nice if you could back up your statement with evidence
Not sure why he's so critical of his upbringing. Maybe he'd like to project a background similar to some of his US rapper friends who grew up in genuine ghettos ?
Maybe we'll also hear from Vettel how rough it was for him, growing up with only one Steinway in his wooden shack
Too much bubbly last night...
I don’t know though, you said it so you must’ve meant it.
HighwayStar said:
sparta6 said:
HighwayStar said:
sparta6 said:
37chevy said:
sparta6 said:
I'm surprised any intelligent person bought into Hamilton's "slum" nonsense that he's been spouting for years.
Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
Please tell me where he’s sprouted slum nonsense ...I can’t recall any time he’s used those words before. Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
I do recall him saying he lived in a council house on his dads sofa while he worked his butt off for him.
Be nice if you could back up your statement with evidence
Not sure why he's so critical of his upbringing. Maybe he'd like to project a background similar to some of his US rapper friends who grew up in genuine ghettos ?
Maybe we'll also hear from Vettel how rough it was for him, growing up with only one Steinway in his wooden shack
Too much bubbly last night...
I don’t know though, you said it so you must’ve meant it.
sparta6 said:
HighwayStar said:
sparta6 said:
HighwayStar said:
sparta6 said:
37chevy said:
sparta6 said:
I'm surprised any intelligent person bought into Hamilton's "slum" nonsense that he's been spouting for years.
Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
Please tell me where he’s sprouted slum nonsense ...I can’t recall any time he’s used those words before. Anthony provided everything a young and ambitious lad could ever need for his chosen career.
I do recall him saying he lived in a council house on his dads sofa while he worked his butt off for him.
Be nice if you could back up your statement with evidence
Not sure why he's so critical of his upbringing. Maybe he'd like to project a background similar to some of his US rapper friends who grew up in genuine ghettos ?
Maybe we'll also hear from Vettel how rough it was for him, growing up with only one Steinway in his wooden shack
Too much bubbly last night...
I don’t know though, you said it so you must’ve meant it.
Like you re Lewis, I can chose to accept/believe your excuse and move on or just keep slagging you off... hmmm.
spunkytherabbit said:
I think we're all being hypocritical and selective with whatever rules we are applying to who can say what and how.
+1. See also Corbyn and the Stupid Woman row. Who gives a st, and who hasn't done similar.I've lived in s
tholes and have referred to them as such, however I also take the hump when people who haven't lived there are disparaging of areas that I grew up in.That's not because I'm a raging hypocrite, but because I'm a normal human being.
See also: having a tough upbringing/ success being due to hard work, not good fortune, and any of the other million things we tell ourelves about ourselves.
chunder27 said:
Fair enough he cocked up, but it doesnt help his image, which is split to say the least.
That's a fair call.No doubting his ability behind the wheel of an F1 car.
The content of his character however seems to be a bit marmite with the masses ala Chris Evans or Piers Morgan
I grew up largely in the forest of dean. Technically - an area of outstanding natural beauty, and some where I've brought my wife to enjoy and experience, but (particularly as a non native), a place I've referred to often as a sthole to grow up in.
But hey, (Lewis said something), wahhhhhhhh
thole to grow up in.But hey, (Lewis said something), wahhhhhhhh
glazbagun said:
spunkytherabbit said:
I think we're all being hypocritical and selective with whatever rules we are applying to who can say what and how.
+1. See also Corbyn and the Stupid Woman row. Who gives a st, and who hasn't done similar.I've lived in s
tholes and have referred to them as such, however I also take the hump when people who haven't lived there are disparaging of areas that I grew up in.That's not because I'm a raging hypocrite, but because I'm a normal human being.
See also: having a tough upbringing/ success being due to hard work, not good fortune, and any of the other million things we tell ourelves about ourselves.
t what Corbyn apart from he's lying through his teeth to get himself out of the st!!!Hamilton has held his hands up, apologised for what he said and isn't what he meant.
Yes he was brought up in a place which isn't the nicest, his family was poor,his dad held 3jobs to help his son and he's made the most of the help he's been given.
He's worked his arse off and know is bearing the fruits of his and dad's hard work. Nobody has put on a plate for him, so get of his back he deserves all he gets!!!!
The guy is a living legend
CoolHands said:
I just think he’s not very bright. And I say that as a Hamilton fan - I like him. I think he’s just a bit David beckham etc not the sharpest tool in the box. He has said a number of things that are a bit off yet I really don’t think he has any malice in him at all. Eg he mixed up something in the back room after a race recently I noticed. And his pic of a pig in a dumpster etc proving meat is murder. It just shows he’s not too bright
Who, by your reckoning are the 'bright' F1 drivers then? CoolHands said:
Because was does a pig in a dumpster have to do with the rearing of meat for human consumption?
I know he’s exceptionally bright and gifted at racing and all things related. That doesn’t mean he’s the brightest with language. He often chooses the wrong words / sayings etc ie I don’t think he would have meant to have said slums, but that’s what came out.
He, like at least half the grid, is probably "somewhere on the spectrum" as they say, it's quite common in very high achievers.I know he’s exceptionally bright and gifted at racing and all things related. That doesn’t mean he’s the brightest with language. He often chooses the wrong words / sayings etc ie I don’t think he would have meant to have said slums, but that’s what came out.
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