“It’s very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible. Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael,” said Michael Schumacher‘s wife Corrina, towards the end of the Netflix documentary Schumacher. The world has deeply missed the man who has been kept away from the public eye since his skiing accident in 2013. However, a few have time and again tried breaching his privacy to get a juicy bite for the tabloids. One such magazine now seems to have found itself in a pickle.
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The magazine, Die Aktuelle, recently ran news claiming that they have an “exclusive interview” with the 54-year-old Schumacher. In addition to piquing the interest of the readers, it kept up the invasive attitude, claiming the said interview isn’t a statement from friends or close ones but by the Red Baron himself. After the clickbait approach, at the end of the said interview, they revealed that it is nothing but an AI-generated one.
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NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Michael Schumacher of Germany and Mercedes GP prepares to drive during practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit on July 6, 2012 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
The German magazine, which has previously sold multiple misleading headlines against Schumacher, is not a new entrant in the scenario. From claiming that Corrina has found a new love only to later reveal it was their daughter to other deceiving news. However, this time probably they have taken it too far.
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As revealed to ESPN, the family intends to take legal action against the magazine. This misleading and invasive approach has irked the fans beyond limits. And from calling it “disgusting” to “pathetic” the supporters of the Schumacher family have unanimously called out the magazine. Take a look at some of the comments from F1 Twitter.
Absolutely despicable action by the magazine.
This is so gross
not surprised since the magazine is in wrong for not respecting MSC privacy and worse using AI to be MSC to describe the accident all just to gain money and sales (using MSC name).
Michael Schumacher's family plans to take legal action against a German magazine which published a completely AI-generated interview with Schumacher. The magazine claimed it had the first interview with him, promising "Answers from him! By Michael Schumacher, 54!" #F1
