Lewis Hamilton<\/a> after his difficult Spanish campaign – a day he described as “terrible”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n“What do you want me to say? I’ve just had a really bad day. I’ve got nothing to say,” he told her. He later apologised to her off-camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, Brookes posted the following to her Instagram story.<\/p>\n
“I will be posting on here as usual but comments\/tags\/mentions on here and on X have been disabled for the foreseeable future due to the enormous amounts of vile abuse I was sent after the Spanish GP.<\/p>\n
“I may switch them back on at a later date but for now they will stay off. Time to go racing, it should be an exciting weekend!<\/p>\n
![\"Lewis](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749899533_232_lewis-hamilton-ferrari.jpg\")
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Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari<\/p>\n
Photo by: Ferrari<\/p>\n
As a seasoned journalist, being with Sky Sports since 2013, Brookes is known for her direct and well articulated interviews. She has consistently handled her work professionally and to a high standard.<\/p>\n
This trend also targeted her colleague\u00a0Lee McKenzie, who admitted she received “horrific” abuse about her appearance following the same race weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast month I went into hospital for an operation and I\u2019ve been struggling with some health issues for a while now,\u201d she posted to Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“As you see on here I\u2019m a private person and I post about my work, not too much about life outside of work. I don\u2019t need or want attention or validation. But the comments about my appearance and weight at the Spanish Grand Prix have been horrific. I\u2019ve had to turn off comments on my social media. It\u2019s worth saying they came from women and men alike.<\/p>\n
“If you don\u2019t like what someone wears or looks like on television, feel free to think about it but why send it to them? Why contact someone to be deliberately rude? I\u2019m a journalist and I\u2019m good at my job and I\u2019m furious that this affects me. But it does and there will be people out there getting similar abuse that are not as strong as me. Don\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n
“The good news is that a larger operation that I thought I was going to get isn\u2019t needed at the moment and things can be treated with medication. Many people have this. It\u2019s not about being unwell. It\u2019s about the vile comments from women and men commenting on my appearance.<\/p>\n
“My health is improving and I\u2019m back at the gym. For me. Not for anyone else. Think before you write to someone.”<\/p>\n
Sky Sports presenter Natalie Pinkham also spoke out following the news via her own Instagram account.<\/p>\n
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“Online abuse needs to be regularly and rigorously called out. Our friend Caroline Flack paid the ultimate price, taking her own life after the most abhorrent and relentless online hate.<\/p>\n
“As her friends, we vowed to stand up to the trolls. Today I learnt that my mate\u00a0@leemckenzietv\u00a0has been subjected to it, which makes me angry, sad, but most of all more determined than ever.<\/p>\n
“At\u00a0@flackstock\u00a0we are partnering with the\u00a0@fia.official\u00a0through their United Against Online Abuse campaign to counter\u00a0#onlineabuse\u00a0with a research project, development of a safeguarding app and\u00a0#mentalhealthsupport\u00a0to those in need. More on all of that soon.<\/p>\n
“In the meantime we would love you to join us on our mission to protect each other, our kids and ourselves online.”<\/p>\n
In this article<\/p>\n
Alex Harrington\n<\/p>\n
Formula 1\n<\/p>\n
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