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Lewis Hamilton buys nephew new dress in the wake of controversial video

Published 10:29 31 Jan 2018 GMT

Updated 10:34 31 Jan 2018 GMT

Anna O'Rourke
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Looks like he's come full circle.

Lewis Hamilton appears to have put his issues about boys wearing dresses behind him. The Formula One driver has been spotted buying a new princess dress for nephew Kaiden on a family holiday at Disneyland. Kaiden chose a Rapunzel-style dress at the Bippity Boppity Boutique, reports the Sun. It comes after Lewis found himself in hot water over a video he shared on Instagram on Christmas Day. The clip showed him appearing to mock Kaiden for wearing a dress. "I'm so sad right now, look at my nephew" he says, before turning the camera on the young boy, who is wearing a purple dress and holding a wand. "Why are you wearing a princess dress?," he asks the boy in the clip. "Is this what you got for Christmas? Why did you ask for a princess dress for Christmas? Boys don't wear princess dresses!" He apologised on Twitter after he was accused of 'gender-shaming' the little boy.
"Yesterday I was playing around with my nephew and realised that my words were inappropriate so I removed the post. I meant no harm and did not mean to offend anyone at all. I love that my nephew feels free to express himself as we all should. "My deepest apologies for my behaviour as I realise it is really not acceptable for anyone, no matter where you are from, to marginalise or stereotype anyone."
     

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