“Man Crush” Josh Allen Responds to Heartwarming Gesture From His Biggest Cheerleader After Tragic Loss: “I Wanna Cuddle Him”

Daniel Ricciardo is known for two things. One, as a Red Bull star who’s famous for late braking and shoey. Two, his always happy broad smiley face. However, his smile isn’t as broad as it used to be since he’s had a tough time in the last few months. As the Honey Badger had a tough second-year outing at McLaren, that didn’t stop the F1 driver from sharing a heartwarming gesture towards Josh Allen after his tragic loss against the Bengals in the Divisional playoff game.

Talking about this, during a recent interview with ESPN, Ricciardo shared, “I’m kind of always cautious with [athletes] because I feel I can understand an athlete because no matter what the sport is, you go through the highs, the lows, like it’s there is definitely a lot of relation but obviously each individual is different so you want to try and kind of lend support and because you can relate but also want to kid of be respectful of their space.”

As per Ricciardo, “Man Crush,” Allen acknowledged the F1 driver’s efforts. He went on, “But I did reach out to Josh and yeah, he responded, so it was received and it was just tough because like everyone will always even you with me like I’ll get a gazillion messages after I win a race but after a bad race you know I might get one message so it’s kind of those ones that are more important.”

“They’re the ones where you need you know your mates to pick you up or to tell you that everything’s gonna be okay. So yeah, he’s a big teddy bear, and, and he’s awesome. Just I wanna cuddle him right now talking about it,” concluded the Honey Badger,Badger, who happens to be an NFL and Bills fan.

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Josh Allen and his team Buffalo Bills lost to Cincinnati Bengals by a 27-10 margin at Highmark Stadium, New York, in January 2023. As Allen and Bills’ season concluded, they bowed out of the championship after suffering one of the heaviest losses by 17 points difference.

Josh Allen is the “Man Crush” for Daniel Ricciardo

There’s hardly a doubt about how good Daniel Ricciardo is behind the wheel. However, apart from being a talented F1 driver and spending time behind the sport, Ricciardo finds time for himself to invest time into other sports. Lately, the NFL is becoming his favorite sport, shared the Australian.

As the man from Land Down Under is too much into the NFL, he’s well connected with famous NFL names such as Josh Allen, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, etc. However, there’s one athlete he likes and admires among everyone else. He is none other than Josh Allen.

Ricciardo likes Allen so much that he considers the Bills Quarterback a “Man Crush.” During the same interview with ESPN, the former McLaren driver admitted, “I met Josh Allen. I was like, man,man, you’re beautiful. I’m not afraid to admit it, he’s my man crush, but, but he’s also a friend now, which is really cool.”

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As for Daniel Ricciardo, he has quite the following in the United States. The Australian was in the North American country for Red Bull’s 2023 car unveil and hence attended quite a few shows and interviews where he showcased his love for America and its sports.