Australian social media content material creators ‘Shepmates’ have been extensively criticised for invading the privateness of a star F1 driver in a now-deleted video at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.
On Saturday, Shepmates posted a video to their TikTok account captioned “POV: If you meet George Russell on the urinals”.
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The clip reveals one of many Shepmates duo, twins Archie and Miles Shepherd, standing subsequent to Mercedes driver George Russell in what seems to be a bathroom block at Melbourne’s Albert Park.
“So I simply took a piss subsequent to George Russell,” he says later within the video.
“I do know what you’re pondering, ‘How huge is it?’
“That stays between me and George. There’s confidentiality within the males’s urinal.
“What I can say is he seems actually relaxed. Assured stream, we had been there for some time so he’s clearly actually hydrated and ready for the race. He actually opened the floodgates.
“Eager to see his time trial and go George.”
Shepmates, who rose to prominence for his or her lip-syncing to the commentary of iconic sporting moments, had been attending the Australian Grand Prix on behalf of race broadcast Paramount Plus.
Shepmates shared a joint Instagram submit with Paramount Plus, sporting jumpsuits with the broadcaster’s emblem as they pretended to be a “pit crew” for the weekend.
Additionally they collaborated for a video with Sky Sports activities commentator David Croft.
It attracted widespread criticism on social media for being an inappropriate invasion of Russell’s privateness.
Radio host and broadcaster Shane McInnes wrote on X: “The behaviour of @shepmates recording Mercedes driver George Russell at a urinal on the #AusGP, posting it on Tik Tok after which boasting about it’s disgusting and reprehensible.
“Will they apologise? Even when they do, credentials for future races ought to be denied.”
One fan posted: “Horribly disgusting that folks [@shepmates] attending the gp on behalf of an official sponsor [@ParamountPlusAU] are invading and breaching the privateness of a driver on this method.
A second stated: “Posting a video of a person utilizing the lavatory for some f***ng likes is insane.
“Simply because he’s well-known doesn’t imply you’ve gotten any kind of proper to movie an intimate second like that. @shepmates you’re completely disgusting.”
A 3rd individual stated: “Filming a driver (or perhaps a regular individual) in a non-public place is so not on.”
Shepmates comedy duo have 291,000 followers on Instagram and 476,000 followers on TikTok.
Information.com.au has contacted Shepmates’ administration and Channel 10 for remark.
Whereas Max Verstappen is about to cruise to victory on Sunday, what occurs off the monitor has grow to be simply as in style — with advertisers and social media influencers flocking to Melbourne and attending occasions reminiscent of Glamour on the Grid.
The Australian Grand Prix is predicted to interrupt final yr’s crowd document with greater than 400,000 folks attending Albert Park throughout the weekend.
Verstappen will begin from pole place, whereas Oscar Piastri will purpose for Australia’s first-ever podium end at a house race after qualifying sixth.
Daniel Ricciardo certified 18th after being outpaced by teammate Yuki Tsunoda for the third consecutive race.
The Australian Grand Prix begins at 3pm AEDT.
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