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===Mediauntvangst===
In december 2017 veröärsåkeden Hamilton kontroverse nå et dealen van nen video up [[Instagram]] van syn neafjen den ne prinsessenjürk droog wårin hy upmarkeden: "Wårüm vroog y üm ne prinsessenjürk vöär karstmis, jüngen dråget ginne prinsessenjürken". Hy wyr veröärdealed up de sociale media en döär [[LHBT]]-weldooners vöär syne upmarkingen. Dårup verwydereden hy den video wårna hy alle inhold van syne socialemediakanålen verwydereden, skonwal hy up 17 january 2018 terügkereden üm syne socialemediaakkounts weader aktiv too gebrüken. Hamilton veruntsküldigeden sich vöär syne upmarkingen en verskeen låter in [[Disneyland Parys]] med syn neafjen, den vöär dee reis ne prinsessenjürk droog en hysülv kwam ouk vöär up de vöärkante van [[GQ]], wårup hy nen reagenboogkilt droog den hy had untwörpen med [[Tommy Hilfiger]] en sei: "Ik hebbe wat edåne en beseffeden dan et effekt dat ik had ... Ik wül toogeavingen doon. Ik akseptere et, realiseer me et en ik bün blyde dat ik der verantwöärdelik estelled vöär kan wörden".
In December 2017, Hamilton courted controversy after sharing a video on [[Instagram]] of his nephew wearing a princess dress in which he commented "Why did you ask for a princess dress for Christmas, boys don't wear princess dresses".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/lewis-hamilton-christmas-nephew-princess-dresses-formula-one-criticism-gender-a8128661.html |title= Lewis Hamilton under fire for telling nephew ‘boys don't wear princess dresses’ |website= www.independent.co.uk|publisher= The Independent |date= 26 December 2017}}</ref> He was condemned on social media and by [[LGBT]] charities for his comments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-42486085 |title= Lewis Hamilton apologies for ‘boys don't wear dresses’ remark |website= www.bbc.co.uk|publisher= BBC |date= 26 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lewis-hamilton-princess-dress_us_5a426ccae4b0b0e5a7a3545c |title= Lewis Hamilton mocks nephew for wearing a ‘princess dress’ on Christmas |website= www.huffingtonpost.com|publisher= Huffington Post |date= 26 December 2017}}</ref> He subsequently deleted the video before later deleting all content from his social media channels,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11194004/lewis-hamilton-deletes-social-media-messages-on-twitter-and-instagram |title= Lewis Hamilton deletes social media messages on Twitter and Instagram |website= www.skysport.com|publisher= SkySports |date= 4 January 2018}}</ref> though he returned to actively using his social media accounts on 17 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/25423535/force-india-renamed-racing-point-2019 |title= Lewis returns to social media |website= www.espn.com|publisher= EPSN|date= 17 January 2018}}</ref> Hamilton apologised for his comments, and later appeared at [[Disneyland Paris]] with his nephew, who wore a princess dress for the trip, as well as featuring on the front cover of [[GQ]] wearing a rainbow tartan kilt he designed with [[Tommy Hilfiger]], saying "I’ve done something and then realised the effect I’ve had ... I want to make amends. I accept it, realise it and I’m glad that I’m accountable for it".<ref>{{cite web |last1=van den Broeke |first1=Teo |title='I want to make amends' Lewis Hamilton refuses to skirt the issue |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/lewis-hamilton-interview-2018 |website=gq-magazine.co.uk |publisher=GQ |accessdate=4 December 2018}}</ref>
In december 2018 veröärsåkeden den in [[Stevenage]] geboaren Hamilton kontroverse by de BBC Sportpersoonlikheyd van et Jåruutreikingen wår hy in de rechtstreakse televisyuutsending sei: "Et was echt ne dröym vöär uns allen as ne family üm wat anders too doon. Dat wy uut de krotten könden kommen" vöärdat hy sichsülv direkt verbeatereden döär too seggen: "Nu, neet de krotten, mår üm argens uut too kümmen en wat edåne too krygen. Wy setteden al unse doolen seyr, seyr houg mår wy deden et as nen team." Terwyl Hamilton direkt syne upmarkingen probereden too verbeateren, beskreev den leider van et [[distriktbestüür van Stevenage]] de wöärde as 'de verkearde wöärde' oaver Stevenage. Hamilton setteden nen video up [[Instagram]] wårin hy sich veruntsküldigeden vöär syne upmarkingen en sei: "Ik bün süpertröts up wår ik vandan kümme en ik houpe dat y weatet dat ik et altyd up de best möägelike wyse dee ik kan. [...] Vöäral wonneyr y vöär ne püblik ståt en de jüüste wöärde söket üm de lange reis dee y hebbet ehad in ow leaven, ik koos de verkearde wöärde." De bürgemeyster van den stad nam dårup syne "dankbåre veruntsküldiging".
In December 2018, [[Stevenage]]-born Hamilton caused controversy at the [[2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award|BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards]] where he said on live television, "It really was a dream for us all as a family to do something different. For us to get out of the slums" before immediately correcting himself, saying, "Well, not the slums, but to get out of somewhere and do something. We all set our goals very, very high but we did it as a team." While Hamilton immediately sought to correct his remarks, the leader of [[Stevenage Borough Council]] described the comments as "disappointing" and noted that people felt "very offended".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Britton |first1=Alexander |title=Lewis Hamilton 'chose the wrong words' about Stevenage during BBC Sports Personality of the Year |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/formula1/lewis-hamilton-spoty-stevenage-instagram-story-video-comments-bbc-sports-personality-a8690351.html |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=independent.co.uk |publisher=The Independent |date=19 December 2018}}</ref> Hamilton posted a video on [[Instagram]] in which he apologised for his comments, saying "I'm super proud of where I come from and I hope you know that I represent in the best way I can always. [...] Particularly when you are up in front of a crowd, trying to find the right words to express the long journey you've had in life, I chose the wrong words."<ref>{{cite news |title=Hamilton's lukewarm apology for home town Stevenage slur |url=https://news.sky.com/story/hamiltons-lukewarm-apology-for-home-town-stevenage-slur-11585546 |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=news.sky.com |publisher=Sky News |date=19 December 2018}}</ref> The town mayor subsequently accepted his "gracious apology".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Younge |first1=Gary |title=Lewis Hamilton misspoke on Stevenage's ‘slums’. In fact, this town can teach us a lot |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/20/lewis-hamilton-stevenage-slums |website=theguardian.com |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref>
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