Being the daughter of a 3-time world champion and the girlfriend of double world champion Max Verstappen, Kelly Piquet has surely amassed a great fan following in F1. Moreover, we can not forget about her own modeling ventures that have made her such a popular entity. So it was not a shock when she was elected to be on the cover of Vogue magazine. However, one of her statements from her interview has landed her in controversy among the fans.
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She shot for the Dutch edition of Vogue Magazine around the theme ‘woman in motorsport’. There, Kelly talked about how she first met Max Verstappen via her brother, Nelson Piquet Jr. The Brazilian further revealed that they went for a dinner date together in 2015.
“Max was friends with my brother Nelson and we all went out for dinner in Monaco one night. That was six years ago, in 2016. But there was already something magical that evening,” Piquet told Vogue. The Brazilian model further continued, “Our connection started then. And I’ll leave it at that for now.”
She later went on to date Russian driver Daniil Kvyat and even had a daughter with the former Red Bull daughter. After Verstappen replaced the Russian in Red Bull, Kelly parted ways with Kvyat and started dating the Dutchman. Moreover, fans on Twitter also accused Kelly of ‘grooming’ the Dutchman to become her boyfriend.
Fans react to Kelly Piquet’s cringeworthy statement in Vogue magazine about meeting Max Verstappen
Kelly Piquet’s latest statement in her interview with Vogue magazine has upset a lot of fans on Twitter. Furthermore, fans called out the Brazilian for allegedly grooming her Dutch boyfriend. Grooming is a slang word used when an individual builds a relationship, trust, and emotional connection with a young person so they can manipulate them.
Subsequently, fans could not believe she admitted to something like this on Vogue.
I can't deal with this. nope. nah pic.twitter.com/CcXMaqiBT3
— eda 🦄 (@edascedes) December 19, 2022
not k*lly p*quet admitting to be a groomer on a vogue feature 💀
— victoria (@leclercsbby) December 19, 2022
Kelly Piquet announcing in a (Dutch) Vogue interview, with a theme of her being a “woman in motorsport” even though she’s not, that she pretty much groomed her boyfriend is honestly a perfectly crafted dumpster fire of events
— t 🌿 (@formullana) December 20, 2022
Moreover, fans felt weird as Kelly failed to realize their 9-year age difference and labeled it “magical”.
Wdym Kelly there was something special that night you met Max while he was 19 and you were 28 and taken??????? pic.twitter.com/HonlTVY2Qq
— Ay ☀️ (@formulayna) December 19, 2022
How does a 28 year old have something *magical* with a barely 19 year old, so fucking weird 💀 https://t.co/X3867J6ooU
— Jo 🦡 (@itsIightsout) December 19, 2022
Kelly Piquet was 27 or 28 years old at the time…
Max Verstappen was 18 or 19 years old at the time… pic.twitter.com/a5csPRWf3E
— ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@saddaplan) December 19, 2022
Similarly, many fans made fun of and shared memes about Kelly’s statements.
kelly piquet making sure the fbi ain’t following her after that vouge interview dropped https://t.co/smmq823FcM
— felix🏁 ® (@f0rmulaswag) December 20, 2022
Additionally, one fan called the Brazilian model a “freak”.
Kelly Piquet a whole freak pic.twitter.com/CVUytkP1Vh
— ؘ (@t1fos6) December 19, 2022
Meanwhile, another fan tweeted, “I’m actually so angry about this Kelly Piquet thing.”
I’m actually so angry about this Kelly Piquet thing
— mariah curry (@thexchild_) December 20, 2022
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i think they messed up? this was the actual cover announced today kelly piquet was supposed to be featured on… pic.twitter.com/ZPdmvkUae3
— kel (@f1gal_) December 19, 2022
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Do you agree with the uproar by fans on Twitter about Kelly Piquet? Or do you think it is something co-incidental and people are making a fuss about it?