Christian Horner received hundreds of comments from baffled fans after he posted a Mother’s Day message to wife Geri Halliwell on Sunday.
Fans claimed the timing of his message was ‘strategic’ amid his ‘sex texts’ scandal and branded him ‘stupid’ for not disabling comments on his Instagram.
His Strategic Post
The Red Bull team principal, 50, shared photos of Geri, 51, to mark Mother’s Day, along with a heartfelt tribute to her in the caption.
Christian had been cleared of allegations of ‘coercive behaviour’, but has been fighting for his future after flirtatious text messages apparently exchanged between him and the female complainant were divulged to 149 F1 figures.
The former Spice Girl has been in attendance at both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prixs to show her support to her husband amid the controversy.
Christian shared two photos of Geri featuring the couple’s seven-year-old son Monty, as well as another snap with his own mother Sara.
He wrote: ‘Happy Mother’s Day – So appreciative of the mums in our family for everything they do. We’re always grateful, today and every day.’
Fans React
But fans were left pondering over his integrity amid his sweet post, with one claiming that he ‘wasn’t fooling anyone’.
Other comments read: ‘My brother, you are digging yourself a deeper hole.’
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‘What a joke….’, while another read: ‘Why would he leave the comments on [laughing emoji]’.
‘The audacity’, another penned: ‘Read the room…..’
Christian, who has won 13 world championships since heading the team as a 31-year-old in 2005, had previously thanked his ‘very supportive wife’ for her backing during the accusations.
The couple mixed in social circles before they struck up a romance, having first met each other at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2009.
