Brigitte et Emmanuel Macron : Week-end studieux et très discret à Brégançon

Contrairement à son prédécesseur, Emmanuel Macron apprécie tout particulièrement le fort de Brégançon, résidence d’Etat utilisée comme lieu officiel de villégiature depuis que Charles de Gaulles y a séjourné une nuit en 1964. Brigitte et Emmanuel Macron ont fait leur retour à Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), mercredi 29 mai 2019, en fin de journée. Le couple présidentiel s’y repose en toute discrétion.

Comme le notent nos confrères de Var-Matin, pas une photo n’a été prise de Brigitte et Emmanuel Macron depuis leur arrivée. Il n’y a pas eu de bain de foule comme le week-end précédent au Touquet où le couple a voté pour les européennes. “Pour autant, il y avait de l’animation autour du fort toute la journée d’hier [vendredi, NDLR]. Entre les curieux et autres intéressés, ils étaient quelques-uns à vouloir apercevoir Emmanuel et Brigitte Macron. En vain…“, écrit Var-Matin.

La Provence note la présence de “policiers en short et T-shirt devant l’ultime portail d’entrée qui mène au fort, d’autres à vélo qui patrouillent dans l’enceinte et deux Zodiac qui font la navette autour de l’îlot et contrôlent les embarcations qui s’approchent de trop près“. On peut s’interroger : Brigitte et Emmanuel Macron se sont-ils tout de même offert une balade en tête-à-tête (sans compter bien sûr les agents chargés de leur protection) comme ils l’avaient lors de leur visite éclair à Saint-Tropez, en décembre ? Pour l’instant, tout semble indiquer qu’ils restent à l’abri du fort pour se reposer un peu.

Un peu seulement…

Comme le confirmait le communiqué de l’Elysée, le président “travaille au calme“, en ce long week-end de l’Ascension, à Brégançon. Ce dimanche 2 juin, il a rompu le silence pour rendre hommage au philosophe Michel Serres dont on apprenait la mort. Emmanuel Macron salue un “grand intellectuel” dans un nouveau communiqué du palais : “Le monde perd un grand intellectuel, qui fit briller la tradition philosophique française au-delà de nos frontières. Les Français perdent un visage familier qui sut mettre son érudition au service de tous, et qui, jusqu’au seuil de sa vie, chercha à éclairer de son savoir et de son intelligence la vie de notre Nation. [Il] fut parmi les premiers faire de la Terre un objet philosophique à part entière, prélude à la prise en compte, sur le plan philosophique et politique, de l’enjeu décisif de préservation de la biosphère.” Le président ajoute que “tel Hermès, le Dieu-messager sujet de nombreuses de ses publications, Michel Serres s’attacha toujours à se tourner vers d’autres champs, à jeter des ponts entre les arts et les disciplines, et à chercher à ouvrir le savoir au plus grand nombre“. Michel Serres avait 88 ans.

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Sophie Turner et Joe Jonas : Mariés complices avec Jennifer Lawrence

Sophie Turner et Joe Jones filent le parfait amour ! Le couple enchaîne les apparitions publiques depuis son mariage à Las Vegas. Mardi soir, l’actrice et son époux ont retrouvé Jennifer Lawrence et Jessica Chastain à l’avant-première de X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Le film sort en France ce mercredi 5 juin 2019 et aux États-Unis le vendredi 7. L’héroïne du film (et de la série Game of Thrones) Sophie Turner en a fêté l’arrivée en salles mardi 4 juin au cours d’une nouvelle avant-première à Los Angeles. L’événement a eu lieu au TCL Chinese Theatre. Sophie Turner s’y est rendue accompagnée de son mari, le chanteur Joe Jonas, et entièrement habillée en Louis Vuitton.

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L’actrice avait repéré sa robe lors du défilé Louis Vuitton croisière 2020, le 8 mai dernier à l’aéroport JFK, à New York.

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Grant Gustin (The Flash) : Les fesses à l’air en pleine escapade au soleil

Grant Gustin a profité d’un peu de temps libre loin des plateaux de tournage pour se reposer et bronzer. Sur son compte Instagram, il a posté une photo inattendue, jeudi 6 juin 2019. Le charmant acteur de 29 ans y apparaît les fesses à l’air.

Prenant la pose, sans maillot de bain, dans une piscine d’hôtel avec une vue à couper le souffle sur la mer et un beau ciel bleu, l’acteur de la série The Flash (qui incarne le personnage de Barry Allen) a commenté sa mise à nue en légende. “Triste de tout laisser derrière“, a-t-il écrit, indiquant que les vacances touchaient à leur fin. Une photo qui a beaucoup amusé ses sept millions d’abonnés sur Instagram.

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Grant Gustin, que les téléspectateurs connaissent également pour avoir interprété le rôle de Sebastian Smythe dans la série télévisée Glee, avait choisi de s’offrir une escapade au Mexique. Il avait ainsi posé ses valises en compagnie de sa femme Andrea Thoma au très chic hôtel cinq étoiles Las Ventanas al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort à San José del Cabo.

Nul doute que les amoureux, dont on avait appris les discrètes fiançailles en 2017, ont passé un très bon moment en mode sea, sex and sun

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Despite Risks, Climate Activists Lead Fight Against Oil Giant's Drilling Projects in Uganda

Climate campaigners in Africa and around the world on Friday continued demonstrations against Total, with activists accusing the French oil giant of ecocide, human rights violations, and greenwashing in connection with fossil fuel projects in Uganda. 

On the 145th week of Fridays for Future climate strike protests, members of the movement in Uganda global allies drew attention to the harmful effects of fossil fuel development on the environment, ecosystems, communities, and livelihoods. 

Friday’s actions followed protests at Total petrol stations in Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Togo, and Uganda on Tuesday—celebrated each year as Africa Day—against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), now under construction, and the Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas project. 

“Total’s fossil fuel developments pose grave risks to protected environments, water sources, and wetlands in the Great Lakes and East Africa regions,” said Andre Moliro, an activist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during Tuesday’s pan-African protests.

“Communities have been raising concerns on the impact of oil extraction on Lake Albert fisheries and the disastrous consequences of an oil spill in Lake Victoria, that would affect millions of people that rely on the two lakes for their livelihoods, watersheds for drinking water, and food production,” he added. 

In Uganda, opposing oil development—an expected multi-billion-dollar boon to the landlocked nation’s economy—can be risky business. On Monday, police in Buliisa arrested Ugandan human rights defender Maxwell Atuhura and Italian journalist Federica Marsi. 

According to Energy Voice, Atuhura—who works with the African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), one of half a dozen NGOs that have pursued legal action against Total—and Marsi were about to meet with local community members when they were apprehended.

Marsi was released Monday and reportedly told to leave the oil region “before bad things happen.” She was briefly rearrested later in the day. Atuhura remains in police custody. The World Organization Against Torture has issued an urgent appeal for intervention in his case. 

United Nations special rapporteurs and international human rights groups have previously expressed serious concern over abuses perpetrated against land defenders and journalists in Uganda. Despite the risks, actions against EACOP and the related Tilenga Development Project continue. 

“We cannot drink oil. This is why we cannot accept the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline,” Ugandan climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate, founder of the Rise Up Movement, said during the Africa Day action. “It is going to cause massive displacement of people [and the] destruction of ecosystems and wildlife habitats.”

“We have no future in extraction of oil because it only means destroying the livelihoods of the people and the planet,” Nakate added. “It is time to choose people above pipelines. It is time to rise up for the people and the planet.”

If completed, the $3.5 billion, nearly 900-mile EACOP will transport up to 230,000 barrels of crude oil per day from fields in the Lake Albert region of western Uganda through the world’s longest electrically heated pipeline to the Tanzanian port city of Tanga on the Indian Ocean.

In partnership with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), Total is also leading the Tilenga Development Project, which involves the drilling of 400 wells in dozens of locations, including iniside the richly biodiverse Murchison Falls National Park.

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Total says the project will “generate a positive net impact on biodiversity,” a claim vehemently rejected by environmentalists. 

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“Imagine a tropical version of the Alaskan oil pipeline,” environmental author Fred Pearce wrote of EACOP last year. “Only longer. And passing through critical elephant, lion, and chimpanzee habitats and 12 forest reserves, skirting Africa’s largest lake, and crossing more than 200 rivers and thousands of farms before reaching the Indian Ocean—where its version of the Exxon Valdez disaster would pour crude oil into some of Africa’s most biodiverse mangroves and coral reefs.”

Although Total claims it chose the EACOP route to “minimize the number of residents relocated,” local residents and international NGOs say the pipeline’s impact will be anything but minimal.

According to Mongabay, more than 12,000 families will be displaced from their ancestral lands to make way for the pipeline, two-thirds of which will pass through agricultural zones. Farmers in the pipeline’s path and the Lake Albert oil region have joined civil society groups and international organizations in voicing their opposition to the EACOP and Tilenga projects. 

The #StopEACOP coalition, which is made up of local and international activists and organizations, is attempting to block funding of the project by appealing to banks, investors, and insurance companies. A March open letter signed by more than 250 groups urged 25 commercial banks to not finance the pipeline. 

In 2017, WWF Uganda published a report warning that the pipeline “is likely to lead to significant disturbance, fragmentation, and increased poaching within important biodiversity and natural habitats” that are home to species including chimpanzees, elephants, and lions. 

Wildlife forced from natural habitats by oil development has in turn caused severe disruptions to farming families. 

“We have always had a problem of human-wildlife conflict in this village, but with drilling and road construction across the park, the invasions are more frequent,” Elly Munguryeki, a farmer living just outside Murchison Falls National Park, told South Africa’s Mail & Guardian earlier this month.

“We keep reporting the losses to park authorities but nothing happens,” said Munguryeki. “Each night a herd of buffalo, baboons, and hippos from the park would invade my farm and neighbouring plots and eat our crops until dawn. Whatever they left would be eaten by baboons and wild pigs during the day, forcing us to harvest premature crops.” 

A 2020 Oxfam report (pdf) noted the EACOP “will cross poor, rural communities in both Uganda and Tanzania that lack the political and financial capital of the project stakeholders.”

“The lopsided complications of this power dynamic are well-documented in similar extractive industry projects,” the report stated. “Powerful companies are often able to hide their operations behind local contractors and permissive government authorities. Often the only hope that local communities have for remediation or justice is through local government bodies that are often weak, fragile, or captured by corporate and national interests.”

Mary, an Ugandan farmer in Rakai near the Tanzanian border who was interviewed for the report, said that “when this pipeline project came, they promised us too many things. Up to now they have done nothing.” 

“What makes me worried is that they took my land but I have not yet been compensated,” she claimed. 

A community member from Rujunju village, Kikuube District in Uganda told the report’s authors that “the government and oil companies have not informed us about the negative impact that the EACOP will have on our well-being. All they tell us are good things that the EACOP will bring like roads and jobs. We also want to know the negative impact of the pipeline so that we can make informed decisions.”

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Letizia d’Espagne ressort sa robe à fleurs de Pâques pour les Prix de l’UNICEF

Très en vue le 1er juin 2019, spectaculaire dans sa robe rouge confectionnée par la créatrice sévillane Ana Cherubina à l’occasion de la Journée des forces armées, Letizia d’Espagne s’est ensuite faite plus discrète, à la faveur d’un agenda dégarni.

Sobrement vêtue d’un haut mango et d’un pantalon à boutons Hugo Boss sombres le 6 juin pour prendre part à une réunion du Comité directeur des résidences étudiantes, la reine est réapparue mardi 11 juin pour présider à la cérémonie de remise des Prix du comité espagnol de l’UNICEF 2019. Pour cette occasion, l’épouse du roi Felipe VI avait décidé de réutiliser la robe à fleurs bleu marine Massimo Dutti qu’on l’avait vue porter au mois d’avril lors de la messe de Pâques à Majorque.

Au siège du Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique, qui accueillait dans le nord de Madrid l’événement, Letizia d’Espagne, accompagnée sur scène par la ministre de la Santé María Luisa Carcedo et par le président du comité Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, a remis leurs distinctions aux trois lauréats de cette édition 2019 : le penseur et pédagogue Francesco Tonucci (Prix UNICEF Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez), pour sa contribution à la défense des droits de l’enfance, la Fondation Pablo Horstmann (Prix UNICEF Transforma), qui s’efforce de réduire la mortalité infantile et d’améliorer la santé des jeunes mères en Ethiopie, et l’émission radio Cinco Continentes (Prix UNICEF Comunica), qui aborde la situation des enfants défavorisés dans le monde.

La reine Letizia d’Espagne doit se déplacer mercredi 12 juin dans la province de Soria pour la clôture d’un séminaire de journalistes et de professionnels de la communication axé sur les moyens d’aider à repeupler les campagnes espagnoles, avant de se joindre à son mari le lendemain pour session plénière de l’Académie royale espagnole et de recevoir en audience au palais de la Zarzuela le Conseil international du Théâtre royal.

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Schumacher Monaco accident was ‘one too many’ – Rosberg

F1 world champion Nico Rosberg believes Mick Schumacher’s crash in FP3 in Monaco was already “one accident too many” for the Haas rookie.

Schumacher suffered a big crash in the closing stages of last Saturday’s final practice session in Monaco, the young German losing control of his car as he exited casino Square.

The mistake left Haas with a costly repair bill but also sidelined Schumacher from qualifying as the VF-12 could not be repaired in time for Q1. Schumacher was nevertheless given a dispensation by the stewards to start the race the following day.

By most standards, the 22-year-old apprentice has acquitted himself well so far in his maiden season of F1, outpacing Haas teammate Nikita Mazepin – except at Monaco – and performing close to his Williams rivals in the lower tier of the field.

However, there have been a few mistakes along the way, including a mishap at Imola where Schumacher hit the barriers while warming his tyres on the damp track behind the safety car.

But Rosberg reckons that last Schumacher’s crash last weekend was already one too many for the young German.

“One accident is fine, but two is too many,” Rosberg told Sky Germany.

“As good as the season has been for him so far, this has been a major setback for him. The other rookies were better in Monte Carlo.”

Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher was more lenient with his nephew, especially given the poor level of performance of his equipment.

“We all made mistakes,” said the six-time Grand Prix winner. “We should let him drive in peace. None of us have ever sat in a car as under-performing as Mick’s.”

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner put a price tag of between $300,000 and $500,000 on Schumacher’s Q1 crash, while the Italian also lamented his drivers’ absence from qualifying.

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“This is what these cars cost,” Steiner said. “It’s like I always said, the front wing alone is a hundred and fifty thousand.

“It’s always disappointing because the most important thing in Monte Carlo is qualifying and there’s not many a year. It’s one time only every year.

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“It’s so different, qualifying here – short track, a lot of traffic. I think if he could have done it, it’s just to get this confidence, how to move out of the way and all these things.

“He missed out on that which is never good. So it’s never good to miss something.

“But this for sure, next time, when he comes back he would’ve liked to have done it once before.”

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Whitney (gagnante de The Voice) malade : cette fois où elle a cru mourir…

Le 6 juin 2019, Whitney remportait la 8e saison de The Voice sur TF1. Une victoire inespérée pour la jeune femme de 19 ans qui a dû affronter quotidiennement la maladie, la fibromyalgie, en plus du stress de se produire sur scène devant des millions de Français !

Interrogée par nos confrères de Public, l’ex-Talent de l’équipe de Mika a évoqué les conséquences de sa maladie sur sa vie de tous les jours : “Par exemple, quand je suis couchée dans mon lit et que je veux me lever la nuit, je peux rester bloquée d’un seul coup. Si je bouge, je hurle de douleur. Dans ces moments-là, je pète un câble. Ma mère doit venir me parler, elle me détend, et ça passe. C’est le stress qui cause les crises.”

De ce fait, il est très compliqué pour la jeune femme – pour le moment – d’envisager de vivre seule. Si elle a déjà essayé l’an dernier, elle a malheureusement vécu une expérience traumatisante. “Je suis restée totalement paralysée chez moi, durant trois jours, sans pouvoir boire ni manger. Je ne pouvais bouger que les doigts. Mon téléphone était trop loin de moi pour que je puisse appeler. C’est mon meilleur ami qui, s’inquiétant que je ne réponde pas, est venu me secourir avec l’aide du gardien. (…) J’ai pensé que j’allais peut-être mourir là, d’une mort trop bête… En plus, mon ordi diffusait des reportages animaliers sur les girafes, je ne pouvais pas baisser le son, ça me cassait les oreilles“, a-t-elle raconté.

Au lendemain de sa victoire, la jeune femme qui avait devancé de très peu Clément de la team Soprano s’était exprimée auprès de Purepeople.com à propos de sa santé : “Samedi dernier, pour la demi-finale, j’ai fait la plus grosse crise que j’ai jamais faite. Je ne pouvais pas me lever, je ne pouvais pas m’asseoir… Ils m’ont amené un fauteuil roulant, je n’en voulais pas parce que j’avais trop honte, du coup, j’ai gardé ma béquille pour faire les quelques déplacements. Lors des répétitions, rien que le fait d’être debout, ça me faisait tourner de l’oeil. Je n’aurais pas été dans The Voice, je serais rentrée chez moi. Je n’étais pas en état de subir ça, avec les lumières, je n’entendais plus rien… Un gros délire.”

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Sanders, Murphy Introduce Legislation to Allow College Athletes to Unionize

Declaring it “a civil rights issue,” Sens. Chris Murphy and Bernie Sanders on Thursday introduced legislation to allow athletes at public and private universities to collectively bargain and form unions within athletic conferences. 

The College Athlete Right to Organize Act (pdf) would formalize the relationship between athletes and schools, where the lawmakers say athletes are “already treated like employees.”

“They provide a valuable service in exchange for compensation in the form of scholarships and grants-in-aid that they lose if they do not perform the job as specified by their colleges,” Murphy (D-Conn.) and Sanders (I-Vt.) said. “This past year made this distinction even clearer, as college athletes continued to work and perform while their peers often were not on campus.”

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“This is a matter of basic fairness, but it’s also a civil rights issue. The athletes in the most high-profile sports are overwhelmingly Black men and women, while those with the power are largely white.”
—Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)

The legislation comes more than a year and a half after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) voted to allow student athletes to profit from the use of their name, likeness, and image. The NCAA left it up to its three divisions to craft their own rules regarding compensation. 

Under the new legislation, the lawmakers said, “through the right to organize and collectively bargain, college athletes will no longer have to wait for the NCAA and its members to treat them fairly.”

The bill would amend the National Labor Relations Act to define any college athlete who receives direct compensation from their school—through grants, scholarships, or other forms of payment—as an employee, and colleges as employers. 

It would also direct the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to consider the colleges within sports conferences as bargaining units, “helping athletes negotiate across programs and within their respective conferences”—regardless of state labor laws.

The legislation would make it possible for college athletes to bargain over wages, working conditions, and other workers’ rights.

“Big time college sports haven’t been ‘amateur’ for a long time, and the NCAA has long denied its players economic and bargaining rights while treating them like commodities,” Murphy said in a statement. “Having the right to [collectively bargain] will help athletes get the pay and protections they deserve and forces the NCAA to treat them as equals rather than second-class citizens. It’s a civil rights issue, and a matter of basic fairness.” 

Murphy wrote about the need for college athletes to be recognized as workers on social media:

The legislation specifically denounces the NCAA for denying “college athletes a fair wage for their labor by colluding to cap compensation.”

Murphy and Sanders’s bill comes six years after the NLRB rejected an attempt to unionize by football players at Northwestern University. The board did not rule on the players’ claim that they should qualify as university employees but rather decided that allowing the team members to unionize would not promote “stability in labor relations.”

On Thursday, the NCAA expressed disapproval of the legislation, claiming it would “directly undercut the purpose of college: earning a degree.”

“College athletes are workers,” said Sanders. “They deserve pay, a union, and to own their own name, image, and likeness. We cannot wait for the NCAA to share its billions with the workers who create it. It is long past time we gave these workers the rights they deserve.”

The bill is supported by the AFL-CIO, United Steelworkers, and Advancement of Blacks in Sport.

As Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva, and Johanna Mellis wrote Thursday in The Guardian, in addition to ensuring athletes can bargain over their compensation, the ability to unionize would create channels that don’t currently exist for student athletes who face abuse and exploitation.

“Unionization would provide a formal channel for bringing forth grievances and, crucially, could protect athletes from reprisal,” they wrote. “As WTA pro and former UMass tennis player Brittany Collens said: ‘In the worst cases we have sexual assault, physical abuse, and mental abuse permanently ruining athletes’ lives. A players’ union allows players to say, No, I’m not enduring that. Right now they have zero say over their health and safety. This would change that.'”

In the House, Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Andy Levin (D-Mich.) introduced their own version of the legislation.

“College athletes generate billions of dollars for their schools and the NCAA, labor under the strict control of their coaches, withstand intense media scrutiny, and manage a full college course-load, all without being paid. That’s unacceptable,” said Levin. “The false veil of ‘amateurism’ cannot continue to cover up exploitation. Giving these student workers the right to organize is a key step to achieving the fair compensation these incredible athletes deserve.”

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Rachel Legrain-Trapani : Son ex Benjamin Pavard, sexy et seul en vacances

Cet été encore, les stars partageront sur les réseaux sociaux leurs plus belles photos de vacances ! Benjamin Pavard lance les hostilités. Le footballeur et ex-petit ami de Rachel Legrain-Trapani s’affiche torse nu et musclé, pour le plus grand bonheur de ses admirateurs et admiratrices…

Benjamin Pavard compte plus d’un million de followers sur Instagram. Il y a publié une nouvelle photo le week-end dernier, pour informer les internautes du début de ses vacances. L’athlète de 23 ans pose les mains dans les poches de son short de bain au bord d’une piscine.

Au calme dans une maison en hauteur, Benjamin Pavard se dore la pilule au soleil et profite d’une vue magnifique sur la mer.

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Norris steps away from social media: ‘It sucks!’

Lando Norris says he is no longer directly involved with his social media accounts, having personally stepped away from his online platforms because they “suck”.

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Norris built up a healthy following on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook during his first year in F1, thanks to his humorous tweets and numerous memes that informed and entertained his followers.

But the McLaren driver’s demeanor on social media changed last year with a content that was less colorful and jokey, a change of approach that came in the wake of some criticism from the fan community which felt he was not taking his job in F1 seriously enough.

Although Norris dismissed the criticism at the time and relied on his team to appreciate his commitment to F1, the 21-year-old has now completely shied away from his platforms and entrusted all communication to a “minion” as he jokingly called his social media manager.

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“I’m still enjoying what I’m doing, still having good laughs and a good time with my team,” Norris said when asked last weekend in Monaco by Channel 4 if he was still the light-hearted and witty soul he was when he first joined F1.

“But there is also just a lot of focus on the job itself. “I’m still that guy, it’s more showing the other side, me working hard, putting a lot of time and effort into things, and having the results that I’ve had this season so far.

“That is why I got rid of social media. Well I’m still on it, But I never look at it.

“My profile is on it but I have a minion, a guy who works for me and types away pretending to be me. But I’m away from all that, it sucks.”

Norris was recently awarded a new multi-year deal with McLaren, and the Briton reiterated in Monaco his enthusiasm over the future while also reflecting on his “cool journey” with the papaya squad.

“I’m super happy, proud, I like to continue with McLaren and it’s nice to see that they have the confidence and they are backing me more,” he said.

“It’s been a cool journey so far from where we were four years ago, I’ve been through that whole journey with the team.

“Towards the bottom almost, seeing the team in that position to where we are now, all the smiles on people’s faces, a lot more motivation in the team, a much happier team, more determined. I want to continue that.

“I’m hoping that when we can reach the top and reach that end goal of being those few positions higher, racing with Mercedes and Red Bull and going for those wins, I think it will make it even sweeter and even more special.”

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