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What are everyone's thoughts on the recent Brundle brouhaha? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It comes up almost every year now. Personally... This feels so easy to fix. Just send someone out in front of Brundle to gauge everyone's interest, or just tell him to back off a bit when he meets legitimate resistance. Why manufacturer drama like this? The sport just doesn't need it in my opinion. He had two opportunities to not do what he did this weekend, but he pressed on.

Sure, it's historical and all. But it just feels a little greasy to essentially force an interview on someone. Who is to say that Brundle can demand someone interview with him? Why are we owed that? I like Brundle and his way of interviewing, but I feel like he needs to be more respectful of those that aren't there to be interviewed. We don't own celebrities and no one is owed an interview simply because a celebrity decided to attend a race.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. Too many celebs who know nothing about the sport and don't care about it showing up for a fun party or to promote themselves, and then getting annoyed when they're asked which driver they support or if they're looking forward to the race.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You know and I think that’s okay. To a certain extent almost all professional sports will have celebs show up who have no interest in the sport. I agree with you that too many look disinterested or get annoyed when they’re approached by media for an interview. They’re obviously not the main attraction, and it wouldn’t kill them to feign interest, just say it’s cool, be honest and say they don’t know anything about the sport but are excited to experience the event and learn more about it. Even if it’s all a lie it goes a long way in improving their image, promoting this wonderful sport, and maybe even draw in some of that celebrities fans to actually check out f1. I mean that is the whole reason these celebrities are invited to the paddock and are shown in the team garage during races isn’t it?