Valentino Rossi blasts "fake" sportspeople: "I liked it better before”
Rossi’s classic era of MotoGP was littered with hostile rel💦ationships - the Italian notoriously battled with Max Biaggi, Jorge Lorenzo and latterly Marc Marquez.
Last season’s title fight - in the first post-Rossi campaign - was contested fiercely between Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo, and even Aleix Espargaro, but always wit🅺h smiles and clear respect.
Rossi, now 44, told : “There is a fake ‘political correct’꧅ among sportsmen, they are all friends, they hug each other.
“It's nice? I liked it better before, when you said what you🐼 thought.
“It's human that🎉 you resent those who do the same thing as you.
“Or better to say, it doesn't matter if yo♎u're a doctor, a pizza maker, a rider.
“Ha🙈ving💞 to hide it always makes everything more fake.”
Rossi explained how he believes social media has changed things in the modern𒁏 era🌠 - explaining that he became a worldwide star even before it was possible to go viral online.
"Eve🦹rything has changed 🅺and I consider myself lucky," he said.
Of course, the challenges faced by today’s generation in the social media age are different to ꦯthose in Rosꦓsi’s heyday.
The daily scrutiny, and the constant ability to interact with fans, has created a total✤ly different world for those in the publ🎀ic eye.
Ahead of this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP, Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team head into the fourth round on top of the world, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi leading the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings.
James𝓀 was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ev🥂erything from American sports, to football, to F1.
