#i have had enough of the f1 gossip world to last me a lifetime tbh

[mcgnussen]

THOUGHTS ON K-MAG AND F1 GOSSIP 

first of all, after this then i am done addressing everything related to kevin’s night out this weekend, so i will not be answering anons about it. there is really nothing more for me to say. it is all just speculation based on an alleged video of kevin talking to another woman in the club, how scandalous of him to have a conversation with a woman 😅 however, to the anon who sent me details about where kevin supposedly partied this weekend: i have no idea how this information, if true, was obtained, but i sincerely hope it is not shared online with people in real time. kevin has had quite serious stalker issues in the past. sharing information about his current location is really not okay. i understand that it does not really matter after the fact, but yeah, please do not share in real time. and besides that, it is pretty weird tracking drivers - especially when they are at “home” like please do not do that. a big portion of kevin’s life is already in the public eye. he should be able to go out with friends without everyone knowing exactly where he is, what he did and who he was with. it is an unhealthy way to be a fan of someone.

second of all, this whole saga has led me to get a glimpse of the gossip side of f1 and i’m pretty taken aback by how serious people are about it. i have obviously seen things on tumblr, but i just feel like we have mainly laughed at it and joked about how crazy some of the rumours are. but to my horror, there is a substantial amount of people who believe everything they read and then they go digging looking for any kind of “evidence”, they also make crazy assumptions based on nothing 😅   

all of this leads me to what i have really been thinking about most of the day. i think a lot of the people who has made the giant leap from kevin talking to a woman on a night out to kevin cheating on his wife are primarily younger girls. i hope that is the case since then they will hopefully grow of that. but i had a pretty interesting conversation with someone familiar with the gossip world of f1. they told me that kevin has gotten a reputation as a “horndog” simply for following a woman who either work or has worked for the haas team. this woman posts some pictures of herself not wearing a lot of clothes, but again this is instagram, not onlyfans, so it’s just her in swimsuits and stuff among regular posts. like they are judging his whole character because of that - and kevin actually knows her. he follows a lot of people from haas. women should be able to embrace their sexuality and post pictures showing skin. i hope we all agree that there is power in that. it is reclaiming and taking control over something that was taken from us as women for a very long time. but believing that means that men in these women’s lives should unfollow them if they start posting such pictures is such a conservative take. and in my opinion, it is also anti-feminist. by judging the men following these women, you are judging the women themselves. you are saying there is some inherently wrong with showing skin as a woman. that showing skin must be sexual. you are saying you believe the goal is to be sexy to cater to men.  

and talking to women as a married man is not a crime. this is also such a conservative of looking at romantic relationships. are we at the point where a man talking to a woman must be a sign of cheating? that is such a controlling and skewed perception of romance. a healthy relationship is based on trust. trying to control who you partner follow on social media, who they talk to and so on is the ultimately showing of lack of trust. but i digress. i am danish and a child of former hippies lmao, so this kind of thinking is just a culture shock. but i truly find it horrifying that some people believe you should basically stop interacting with members of the opposite sex if you are in a relationship. i have a lot more thoughts on this, but i have already rambled for too long and i am sure no one is reading this far into my little rant.   

i know i cannot stop gossip, speculation and digging from happening, but i really do urge everyone unironically involved in this side of f1 to make use of their critical thinking skills. gossip is gossip. as long as people don’t lose sight of that then it is harmless and fun, but as soon as people start forming actual opinions based on rumours then it is a problem. these drivers are rich and privileged and they do actual shitty things. let us judge them based on what they do and say instead of judging them based on possible things they could have done.