Barring a couple of exciting Grand Prix, you don’t always see celebrity presence regularly in F1. That, of course, is an assumption excluding Lewis Hamilton and his personal guests. Despite him going through a slump in form, his popularity hasn’t seen any downward trend. In fact, it seems to only be growing, and his recent guest at the Saudi Arabian GP is a testament to it. American rapper Travis Scott, along with his entourage, paid a visit to the 7x world champion and instantly started fanboying over him. The warmth between the two left fans suspecting that they were cooking something away from the public eye.
Another star registering their presence at the event in Jeddah was Will Smith. The Oscar winner was even a part of the grid walk ahead of lights out and that left fans wondering if he was the newest addition to Lewis’ Brad Pitt starrer F1-based movie. Much to the disappointment of fans, Will denied any such possibility, citing the absence of any offer for the role.
Travis Scott fails to hide his excitement around Lewis Hamilton
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Travis and his crew were present in Mercedes’ hospitality section. No points for guessing who they were rooting for. Anyway, when Lewis came to meet them, Travis told him that this was his “first time” watching an F1 race in person. He also, with boyish excitement, told the Mercedes sensation how he found the quick pit stops fascinating.
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The meet had fans wondering if the duo was working on an album together. After all, it’s been a while since we heard XNDA, right? Take a look at how fans reacted to Lewis meeting Travis and his crew.
XNDA x Travis Scott i need it!!!!!! https://t.co/84E4d4iH0U
— h (@lostinlouvre) March 20, 2023
This is so wholesome. Lewis X Travis link up on a tune would be la flamesss https://t.co/pXYCpfOjlV
— Viv (@viv_1111) March 20, 2023
Some fans lauded Lewis for his affable personality that brought in a bunch of celebrities to the races rooting for him.
This man is F1 who else you know having celebs like Travis coming out to the race just for him ? https://t.co/Nrkaln40NB
— La〽️ar (@__Lamar23) March 20, 2023
Sir Lewis Hamilton loved by everyone.🐐👑 https://t.co/DWekxuX0g9
— Rahel (@RahelM44) March 20, 2023
They’re there for Lewis only, as the should 🥰 https://t.co/gu5EbbA6CN
— Marina (@xxoMarina) March 19, 2023
Every video of their meet doing the rounds of the internet looked hazy. That had some wondering if it was a result of some 420-friendly shenanigans in the hospitality section.
I don’t know if that camera is dirty or they’ve hotboxed the Mercedes garage lol https://t.co/lJq46ZcZP8
— Quick Stop F1 Podcast (@QuickStopF1) March 19, 2023
George meditating in his room smelling weed and hearing Sicko Mode https://t.co/g44i2dmHZM pic.twitter.com/LCtA10zGDj
— Spice🇬🇾 (@spicecedes) March 19, 2023
Lewis Hamilton will always have the streets
— Sign Some Players FC (@PrinterKevin) March 20, 2023
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he eyes are like “get me outta here” when travis is talking 😭😭
— Sanaa 🙂 (@f1cl16fan) March 19, 2023
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Do you think this was just a meet and greet? Or is there an XNDA album in the making that we just don’t know about as yet?