F1 News: Nicolas Hamilton reacts to BACKLASH over 'pity porn' interview

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Nicolas Hamilton reacts to BACKLASH over 'pity porn' interview

The younger Hamilton caused a social media storm

By Stuart Telford.

Sunday 14 April 2024 18:00

Nicolas Hamilton - brother of Formula 1 legend Lewis - has spoken out after an online backlash following his appearance on British talk show Loose Women on Thursday.

The younger Hamilton brother, who shares a father with the seven-time F1 champion, suffers from cerebral palsy, but that hasn't stopped him from competing in the British Touring Car Championship.

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He does so in a modified car, and was a guest on the show on Thursday when he lifted the lid on his experiences as a disabled person, outlining his difficulties in personal and professional spheres as he was growing up.

Hamilton likes to characterise himself as a champion of the disabled cause, but his interview was met with a severe backlash on social media, with one fellow cerebral palsy sufferer describing it as "pity porn".

I’m not lazy because I have cerebral palsy and use a wheelchair. Nicolas Hamilton pushing this narrative on a prime time tv show like @loosewomen is incredibly harmful.

There are very few disabled people that have a platform. It’s a shame he’s using his to create pity porn
— Faith Martin ? (@faithcathmary) April 12, 2024

Really difficult to hear Nicolas Hamilton describe life as a wheelchair user as “bleak” and that he “wanted a girlfriend” insinuating disabled people don’t have partners.

Wheelchair using isn’t right for everyone but it certainly is not bleak.
— Michaela Hollywood MBE (@KylaHollywood) April 11, 2024