RED Bull chief Christian Horner and his Spice Girl wife Geri face being shunned by their celebrity friends over the humiliating sext scandal, a source has claimed.
The pair may have appeared united in Bahrain over the weekend, but the bombshell sexts storm has been an embarrassing blow for Geri, 51, a pal said.
The team principal, who is currently preparing for this weekend’s Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia, is embroiled in an alleged “sexting” scandal after his private conversations were leaked online.
The messages were revealed right after the F1 chief was cleared of misconduct by an internal probe – a claim he always denied.
While Geri was seemingly supported by her Spice Girls pals over the course of the investigation, they now seem to be “conflicted” over her scandal-hit husband.
An F1 source told the Daily Mail: “The humiliation is very hard for Geri.
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“I think that will be the main problem. The other Spice Girls are very sympathetic and all feel really conflicted about Christian now.
“All those celebrity friends of hers who were happy to hang out with him will also be steering very clear. It’s a bad mess.”
When Horner was hit by the “sexually suggestive” messages allegations, Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham were said to be rallying around Geri.
A source said at the time they were all quietly supporting her behind the scenes making sure she was okay.
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Despite staging a public show of support in Bahrain hugging and kissing, the Spice Girl is still trying to come to terms with the situation.
Another pal said: “Geri is wondering how on earth this all happened.
“She very much believes that things happen for a reason and so she can’t understand why this has been thrown her way and what it all means.”
Geri has reportedly laid down ground rules over her husband’s future behaviour and has demanded he cut contact with the employee.
However, the Red Bull chief is said to still be in contact with his accuser as she still works at Red Bull’s HQ in Milton Keynes, Bucks.
For the Red Bull boss it’s business as usual as he’s currently preparing for this week’s race
But he did meet with Max Verstappen’s rep on Monday in a bid to calm soaring tensions after the driver’s dad warned the team will “explode” if Horner stays.
Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
