Twitter users today slammed ‘entitled’ Cara Delevingne for snubbing British motorsports legend Martin Brundle at the British Grand Prix and compared her behaviour to singer Sam Ryder, who greeted him with a warm hug.
Bundle, 64, a former racing driver turned Sky Sports broadcaster, was covering the live action from Silverstone when the 30-year-old model snubbed his request for a chat. Ryder, meanwhile, called him a ‘legend’ and shared his thoughts on the action.
Pointing out the contrast between the two stars, Twitter user Craig Laws wrote: ‘Sam Ryder there being everything a celeb on an F1 grid should be, rather than everything Cara Delevingne wasn’t. #f1 #GrandPrix #SilverstoneGP.’
‘Take a leaf out of Sam Ryder’s book and be a bit more humble when you’re on the Grid,’ a second added. A third tweeted: ‘In a world full of Cara Delevingnes be a Sam Ryder, what an awesome bloke #F1 #BritishGP #Silverstone.’
But others defended the model, with one writing: ‘I walked past @Caradelevingne a few times & she seemed to be chatting & getting involved (also has a history with motorsport eg FE etc..) Worth taking a step back sometimes and realising there could be other factors at play rather than just cancelling everyone #F1 #BritishGP.’
Cara Delevingne, 30, left UK racing legend Martin Brundle high and dry on the grid at the British Grand Prix on Sunday
Ryder, by contrast, called him a ‘legend’ and shared his thoughts on the action
Racing fans took to Twitter to compare the celebs’ reactions, with one urging people to ‘be a Sam Ryder’
Footage shows Martin Brundle approaching the supermodel with a Sky Sports F1 microphone before he was quickly told by an aide that ‘she doesn’t want to talk’.
Unperturbed, the racer-turned-broadcaster was clearly keen to get his chat anyway, saying: ‘That’s the deal now, everybody talks on the grid,’ to which Cara responded: ‘I can’t hear anything, sorry,’ as the Red Arrows roared overhead.
The supermodel, who was seen wearing a chic black trouser suit with a matching bra underneath and a black baseball cap, gave a curt ‘no’, shaking her head, before repeating ‘no’ again.
Clearly frustrated, Martin told her: ‘The deal is everybody has to speak on the grid…’
Unimpressed, Martin replied with more than a hint of sarcasm, telling viewers: ‘Okay, well, I’m sure it would have been extremely interesting,’ at which point the model offered a thumb’s up to the camera.
Later in the day on Sunday, Cara took to Twitter to offer a further response to the interaction.
Martin Brundle, 64, was covering the live action from Silverstone when the model snubbed his request for a chat
She reposted a tweet which read: ‘At this point, Martin Brundle is just doing it to manufacture the moment for the controversy of it all.
‘You can clearly see the PR rep tell him ‘no’ and shake his head when he goes up towards Cara Delevingne.
‘He had an out and he chose not to take it to make a statement.’
Cara added: ‘I was told to say no so I did. Thank you for seeing both sides xxx.’
Many of those watching the clip as it originally aired on television were outraged by her response to Martin, although some said she had the right to say no to being interviewed on camera.
Brundle was told by a security aide that supermodel Cara Delevingne didn’t want to chat live on air at the British Grand Prix
Martin explained to the security aide that she didn’t have a choice, saying ‘That’s the deal now, everybody talks on the grid’
Not giving up: And so the racing legend ploughed on saying ‘Good to see you on the grid’
One wrote: ‘This man deserves more respect by celebrities. Why show up to F1 if you don’t want to be spoken to?’. Another added: ‘Get these celebrities off the grid if they aren’t going to talk to the voice of F1. Half of them don’t even know which drivers race for the team which invited them.’
Cara has been enjoying the event season in the UK, and celebrated her first sober Glastonbury last month, declaring this year’s festival as ‘by far my favourite.’
The model partied with her pals Anya Taylor Joy and Stella McCartney, sister Poppy and girlfriend Minke at Worthy Farm, and posted a gushing message in tribute to her weekend on Instagram on Monday night.
Posting alongside clips of her favourite performances. Cara wrote that she has ‘been going to Glastonbury since I was 15 but this year was my first sober one and it was by far my favorite.’
After he then asked for a chat, the supermodel, 30, said simply ‘no’, shutting down the conversation
Standing her ground: Later in the day on Sunday, Cara took to Twitter to offer a further response to the interaction
