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      F1 boss says he would NOT sign Lewis Hamilton for bizarre reason – before immediately contradicting himself

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      F1 BOSS Guenther Steiner has claimed he would not sign Lewis Hamilton – because the star is too old. The seven-times world champion turned 38 in January but continues to race at a high level for Mercedes.
      Popular Haas boss Guenther Steiner picked which drivers he would hypothetically want to join his teamCredit: Splash
      Haas team principal Steiner, who has became popular for his starring role in Netflix’s Drive to Survive series, was asked the hypothetical question of which driver he would take for his team.
      He rejected Hamilton for age-related reasons but appeared to contradict himself straight away as he weighed up Fernando Alonso, who is the oldest driver on the grid at 41.
      Steiner told Sky Sports: “I wouldn’t say Lewis. Because he’s getting on with age but there is another one which he is very good. 
      “This is Fernando. I mean, the guy is over 40 and, man, he knows how to drive.”
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      The Haas boss instead considered some of the younger drivers on the grid for his hypothetical choice, including Hamilton’s teammate.
      He said: “I think it will be controversial, but I can be open about it because they are not coming to drive for me anyway! That’s solved that problem of the controversy.
      “I think it would be Max [Verstappen] for sure. And either Charles [Leclerc] or George Russell.
      “I think [Verstappen], in the moment, is just a driver, which talent wise and mentally wise, is just on a peak. He’s just on top of the wave, he can do anything with a car in the moment.
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      “Everything seems to be going right for him.”
      Haas’ current line up is Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg.
      The former pulled off one of the stories of last season when he took a shock pole position in Brazil while Hulkenberg has returned to a full-time drive after years on the sidelines. More

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      Toto Wolff joins billionaire’s club with Tiger Woods and Lebron James despite horror F1 season for Hamilton and Mercedes

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      TOTO WOLFF has become a billionaire – according to the latest Forbes rich list.The Mercedes boss has taken his place in the 2023 World Billionaires list, which includes fellow sportspeople Tiger Woods and basketball star LeBron James.
      Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has officially become a billionaireCredit: Getty
      Forbes have listed the Australian’s net worth an $1billionCredit: EPA
      Wolff and Mercedes have struggled to keep pace with Red Bull over the last two seasonsCredit: Rex
      The report lists Wolff’s net worth at $1billion, with Forbes saying Netflix’s F1 series, Drive To Survive, turned Wolff “into a celebrity billionaire with [its effect] on the value of Formula One teams”.
      Wolff arrived in F1 when he bought a share of the Williams F1 team in 2009 and joined its board of directors, before selling them off after he joined Mercedes.
      In 2020, Wolff also purchased a stake in Aston Martin, who have close links with Mercedes.
      Mercedes have struggled to keep pace with Red Bull over the last two seasons, although Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are currently fourth and seventh respectively in the Driver Standings.
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      The team’s shortcomings have prompted calls for Wolff’s departure.
      But the Austrian has remained bullish in the face of criticism, saying: “Whether it is good or bad, I really enjoy being the team principal of the team.
      “I think I can contribute. But, if one day I come to the conclusion, or people that are close to me are going to tell me that I’m not, then I will consider giving the baton to somebody else.
      “I would have no shame that I’ll criticise from the sidelines, from a TV screen and know it better.
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      “But, until then, I think I still have fun doing it. And obviously turning the ship around, after so many successful years, that’s really a good challenge.
      “The people in charge in Mercedes and in INEOS, they are high-performance individuals within the core business or in sports.
      “We have all been through downs and ups and there is not a millimetre of doubt.
      “There is so much support from them in order to get us back on track.”
      The F1 season resumes on April 30 with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit.

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      Haas boss Guenther Steiner leaves F1 fans at Australian GP in stitches with brutal ‘your mum’ joke

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      FORMULA ONE team principal Guenther Steiner left fans in stitches after a brutal fan putdown. Thanks to Netflix’s Drive to Survive F1 series lifting a lid on the Italian, Haas team chief Steiner is known to be prone to angry tantrums as he much as he is a cheeky joke.
      Guenther Steiner produced a brutal putdown after a fan asked a question during a Q&ACredit: Getty

      And during a Q&A session with fans ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, one young petrol head found himself on the receiving end of one of his jokes.
      The young Aussie, named Noah, asked who was the better driver out of Haas duo Kevin Magnussen or Nico Hulkenberg.
      Steiner then responded by saying: “Ask your mum.
      “Who does she like better, you or your brother?”
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      The 57-year-old could not help but cast a wide grin after his comeback, with the crowd also left cheering and clapping the response.
      Fans online were also quick to chip in.
      One fan said: “They had to carry that kid off on a stretcher.”
      A second admitted: “I thought he was gonna end at ask your mum 🤣.”
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      A third declared: “Guenther is a worldwide treasure!”
      “Classic Gunther Steiner. Wouldn’t have it any other way,” commented a fourth.
      Another added: “GOAT.”
      Haas scored their first point of the season in last week’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix as Magnussen managed a P10 finish.
      They will be hoping the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne will see both drivers earn points.
      Further up the order, Lewis Hamilton and Co will be hoping to close the gap to the dominance of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
      They have secured one-two finishes in the two opening races of the season.
      Verstappen dominated in Bahrain before Perez won around Saudi Arabia as Verstappen recovered from a P15 start position to finish P2. More

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      Brand new Premier League show SCRAPPED as negotiations break down after months of talks

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      PREMIER LEAGUE clubs have scrapped plans for a top-flight version of “Drive to Survive” – after failing to reach an agreement with Netflix.Discussions with the streaming giant have been going on for months around a Prem-backed documentary service, with the company offering £5m per year for a three-season deal.
      A Drive To Survive-style Netflix show was set to be agreed for the Premier LeagueCredit: Reuters
      But that was nowhere near enough for top-flight clubs, especially as it would have seen dressing room access to all 20 clubs.
      The Netflix show’s behind-the-scenes footage would have been similar to Drive To Survive for F1, tennis’ Break Point and Full Swing, the golf equivalent.
      Box To Box Films, who oversaw Drive To Survive as well as the Steven Gerrard Make Us Dream documentary and boxing’s The Kings show, would have produced the football docuseries.
      Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Leeds and Sunderland have all had Netflix or Amazon camera crews following them in recent years and the new access has proven a big hit with fans.
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      With the Prem’s two main broadcasters Sky Sports and BT Sport also unhappy about an outside organisation muscling in on their territory, club chiefs canned the idea at today’s Premier League shareholder meeting.
      In a four-hour meeting, club bosses agreed the principle of a ban on shirt-front gambling sponsorship, to come into effect for the 2026-27 seasons.
      That is likely to be confirmed in the coming weeks, although sleeve advertising from gambling companies will continue.
      A clampdown on rogue owners was also agreed – including a formal human rights test for the first time.
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      Clubs will also vote on upgrades to VAR technology for next season, likely to bring the introduction of limb-tracking cameras as used by Uefa and Fifa, at the annual meeting in June.
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      Premier League referees will come into line with International FA Board demands to stop time-wasting, with extra added time expected to add an additional two or three minutes to matches next term.
      But there has been no softening of the opposition to ending the Saturday 3pm TV “blackout”, despite streamer DAZN suggesting it would push for a reversal to allow it to screen all 1,656 EFL games if it wins the next rights deal.
      There are, however, signs that an agreement over a new funding arrangement for the EFL, which is demanding 25 per cent of the Prem’s broadcast income, is in sight.
      Clubs were told that both sides have moved from their initial positions in discussions, although there will be a variation in the terms of parachute payments to relegated clubs, rather than the ending of the cash hand-out demanded by the EFL.
      Amazon cameras followed Arsenal for the 2021-22 seasonCredit: Amazon Prime
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      Georgina Rodriguez lets slip the weirdest place she and Cristiano Ronaldo have had sex

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      GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ has accidentally let slip the weirdest place she has had sex with Cristiano Ronaldo.The Spanish influencer and social media sensation has been Ronaldo’s long-term girlfriend since 2016.
      Georgina Rodriguez has revealed the weirdest place she has had sex with Cristiano RonaldoCredit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfOydu7sJaK/
      on her Netflix show she admitted they had done the deed in a spaCredit: Instagram / @georginagio
      She has been dating Ronaldo since 2016Credit: Mega
      Georgina Rodriguez works as an influencer and modelCredit: Mega
      During an episode of the second season of her Netflix show I am Georgina she let slip that she had sex with Ronaldo, 38, in their spa.
      The revelation came during a dinner with friends as the 29-year-old was explaining how she could not get her arms wet after having tattoos.
      She said, via Marca: “I had avoided bathing on the beach, but I came home and Cris told me to go to the spa.
      “I was super grated with my arms up in the spa so they wouldn’t get wet.
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      “I was fed up with having my arms like this. Also, in the pool at home I almost don’t stand up and I say, ‘I give up’.”
      One of Ronaldo’s friends, Ivan then realised what the model was hinting at and suggested: “You could have made love in bed, not in the spa.”
      And in response, Georgina blurted: “No, we did it there.”
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      She then went quiet after realising what she had just said and remained silent despite her sister asking, “did you make love in the spa?”
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      While Ivan jokingly added: “She has become nervous.”
      Georgina and Ronaldo started dating in 2016 after meeting at a Gucci store she worked in while he was at Real Madrid.
      The following year she gave birth to daughter Alana Martina and four years later announced they were expecting twins.
      Tragically, their son Angel died at birth but daughter Bella Esmeralda survived – taking the former Man United star’s total to five kids.
      In her Netflix series, Georgina revealed how the couple heartbreakingly suffered three miscarriages.
      The couple were forced to deny rumours they had secretly got married at a private ceremony in Mexico in 2019.
      Ronaldo is currently playing his football in the Saudi Pro League after joining Al-Nassr.
      The couple are living in Saudi Arabia since Ronaldo joined Al-NassrCredit: AFP
      Georgina’s Netflix show is in its second seasonCredit: Getty More

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      Georgina Rodriguez hints at Cristiano Ronaldo’s next move after Saudi Arabia as she reveals their future plans

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      GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ has hinted at Cristiano Ronaldo’s next move after he leaves Saudi Arabia.The 29-year-old made a rare revelation about the inside world of her partner’s footballing career during her first-ever TV interview last night ahead of the second series of her new Netflix show called “I Am Georgina” due out tomorrow.
      Georgina Rodriguez has hinted at Cristiano Ronaldo’s next moveCredit: AP
      The pair first met in 2016Credit: Alamy
      Rodriguez revealed renovation work on their mansion just outside of Madrid had now finished and she thought Ronaldo’s 12-year-old son, who they call Junior, had a good chance of becoming a professional footballer.
      Asked whether the couple planned on living in the Spanish capital full-time after Ronaldo retires, she said: “We want to keep a house in Madrid operative because you just never know.
      “We have a lot of children. Junior is getting older and wants to become a professional footballer and we don’t know what the future holds.”
      Five-times Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo, 38, was repeatedly linked to Atletico Madrid last summer as he looked to secure a move that would give him Champions League football.
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      But Georgina revealed he never had any intention of signing for the La Liga side before his record-breaking move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr. 
      Reports at the time said Atletico Madrid were willing to offer Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata to the Manchester United in exchange for the Portuguese captain.
      Supporters of the Spanish side reacted by releasing a statement opposing a deal and held up anti-Ronaldo banners during a friendly match in an attempt to quash any potential.
      Simeone went on to claim Ronaldo could never have joined Atletico Madrid given his standing at local rivals Real.
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      And on Wednesday night Ronaldo’s model and influencer girlfriend confirmed of his much-talked-about possible signing: “That option was never something he had in mind.”
      The former £10-an-hour shop worker, who admitted it was “love at first sight” when her current partner walked into the Gucci store in Madrid where she was working when they first met in 2016, also said moving to Saudi Arabia had changed their family routine.
      Georgina, interviewed on popular Spanish show El Hormiguero, said: “In Saudi Arabia they train later because of the climate.
      “In Manchester we all got up at the same time and had breakfast together before the children went to school.
      “Now I get up at 6.30am and take the kids to school before going back home and Cristiano gets up later.”
      Admitting she was no football lover, she added: “I’m not into football.
      “I’ve always loved ballet and started working when I was young and because of my timetables I was never able to see matches.”
      Ronaldo left Man United by mutual consent last November following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan in which he accused the club of betraying him and admitted he didn’t respect manager Erik ten Tag.
      His £173 million-a-year move to Al-Nassr after the World Cup made him the highest-paid sportsman ever. More

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      I fell in love on Netflix reality TV show Too Hot To Handle – now I am focused on returning to motor racing

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      HANDSOME racing driver turned reality TV star Seb Melrose is ready to return to motorsport.The 25-year-old, who last appeared at the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2021, found a new audience when he starred on Netflix hit Too Hot To Handle.
      Seb Melrose is keen to return to motor racing after his stint on reality TV
      Handsome Melrose came runner-up with stunning LA girl Kayla RichartCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      He came runner-up with now ‘longterm’ love Kayla Richart – scoring plenty of fans and admirers, as well as earning a huge social media following.
      That makes Melrose a more attractive proposition for manufacturers now, as they look to bring sponsors in and he looks for a drive this season.
      While, with his fame affording him a subsidised seat, it’s realistic for the Scottish star to become a gentleman driver who pays for his seat.
      Melrose told SunSport: “I am trying to sort out a few deals – I really want to get back into racing cars.
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      “I’ve had a few chats with touring car, so we will see where that takes us.
      “But, for the first time ever, money is no longer the issue. It’s about finding the drive.
      “I’ve found different opportunities with it now.
      “Since the age of 16, I always wanted to become a racing driver and work my way up to becoming a works driver for a big manufacturer.
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      “That’s kind of changed now. I feel there’s more of an opportunity to earn and to keep your life fairly free. So you could be almost like a gentleman driver – without sounding like an old guy!
      “I’ve got the opportunity now to not race as a full-on professional, but be a professional driver while keeping my contracts wide open.
      “I’ve no longer got that pressure that I need to find a manufacturer and get paid.
      “Because of my social media numbers now, the growth and engagement I can provide to manufacturers, they have subsidised a lot of the seats for me.
      “Racing is cheaper than it has ever been. I don’t mind paying, and now I can pay for a seat that is subsidised.”
      Thanks to his popularity on Too Hot To Handle, Melrose has over 500,000 followers on Instagram.
      The godson of three-time Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti also receives plenty of paid partnerships on social media. It makes him a far more attractive prospect to hire.
      He revealed: “I’m not going to talk for anyone, everyone is on their own journey. For me, specifically, for what I can now provide to sponsors and teams is something that other drivers can’t.
      Now with a strong Instagram following, Melrose is a huge catch for manufacturersCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      Thanks to his new found fame, Melrose enjoys a glam lifeCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      “I am still a quick driver. I can still peddle a car. So not only will they get someone who has the ability to get on the podium, they also get someone who can market their sponsors.
      “When it came to the crunch of chasing my dream in racing or going on a reality TV show, I thought I could actually combine the two.
      “Thankfully, it paid off. I’ve got the numbers now and I came across well, but it could easily have gone south.
      “I could have been hated, and the sponsors might not have wanted to associate with me.”
      Despite flirting with celebrity, Melrose admitted he missed motor racing.
      He eloquently explained what it means to him: “It’s an escape for reality.
      “You get the helmet on and the belt and strapped in, you’re not thinking about anything else, but what you’ve got to do on that race track at any given time.
      “It’s almost like a form of meditation for me now.
      Melrose appeared on Too Hot To Handle’s recent fourth season
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      “You are still faced with other types of stress, performing and timings, but you kind of go into another world and all you care about is your car and what is going on around you.”
      Melrose won the charms of stunning LA beauty Kayla, 22, despite plenty of competition on Too Hot To Handle.
      In a way, he joked, it was almost like the sport he competes in.
      “It was competitive, just like racing,” he said.
      “Everyone was competing for the same girl, Kayla. She was the girl I fancied and I felt there was a connection there, just like the other guys.
      “But I wasn’t biggest guy there, I didn’t have the biggest muscles, and wasn’t the tallest. I probably had the worst engine out of the lot, but I still managed to leave everyone else behind.
      Kayla is looking forward to seeing Melrose race againCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      Melrose is ready for a sport in touring carCredit: https://www.instagram.com/sebmelrose
      “I couldn’t have had a better experience. I came out with Kayla, who is someone I view as longterm.”
      And in Kayla, Melrose will have his No1 supporter cheering him on from the stands when he returns to the track.
      “She’s looking forward to me racing just as much as I am,” Melrose added.
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      “Kayla’s nervous about it, and she would like me to race in the States. I’ve got a couple of options this season, so we will see.
      “But this year I am ready for it, I want to get out there and show people what I can do and have fun doing it.” More

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      Georgina Rodriguez reveals she had 3 miscarriages before tragic death of baby with Cristiano Ronaldo in new Netflix show

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      GEORGINA Rodriguez will reveal that she suffered three miscarriages before the devastating loss of her baby boy last year in her new Netflix show.The girlfriend of Cristiano Ronaldo is starring in a new Netflix series about her life after the first series premiered last year.
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      Georgina, a 29-year-old influencer, is seen breaking down in tears in a trailer Netflix released last week as she relived the heartbreak moment she lost one of her twins during childbirth.
      She will make the shock admission in the first episode of the new series of I Am Georgina, according to Spanish news website El Espanol.
      Her daughter Bella Esmeralda with Cristiano Ronaldo was born healthy in April last year at a hospital in Manchester but her male twin sibling Angel died.
      Georgina revealed in the first episode of the second series, which premieres on March 24: “Every time I went to the gynaecologist’s at night I had nightmares because I was worried about what position they would be in, what the delivery would be like, if it would be a caesarean section.
      “I was very afraid at each ultrasound, I felt very tense because I’d had three previous miscarriages and I came home in pieces.”
      She described her visits to the gynaecologist as “horrible, because I was always vomiting”.
      The Argentinian-born Spaniard is also set to reveal she didn’t immediately tell her other children Angel had not survived and told them he would be born a little later than his sister, according to El Español.
      She said: “They were born on Easter Monday. The most-awaited moment arrives and your heart stops.
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      “Bella was born strong and healthy but a piece of my heart shattered.
      “You ask yourself how you’re going to carry on. I wasn’t prepared to accept or recognise what had happened to me and I wasn’t ready to tell my children about it.
      “As I still had a belly, I told them that Angel was still going to wait a bit to be born.
      “Until Cris told them that Angel was in Heaven. That was a dose of reality.”
      Between leaving hospital Georgina’s sister Ivana helped by removing the cot, Moses cradle and teddy bear the influencer had prepared for Angel at the Cheshire home she shared with Cristiano before the couple’s move to Saudi Arabia.
      Admitting she has yet to come to terms with her loss, Georgina will admit: “I will never be the same person again.
      “Every time I look at Bella I ask myself, ‘Would Angel be like that?
      “The truth is I feel I am not ready to think about it, as if I still haven’t accepted it. 
      “I always say to my children, ‘Your little brother is in the sky, he doesn’t want to walk, he wants to fly. Every time you look at the sky, think of him.'”
      Thanking her footballer partner for his “unconditional support and love” Georgina adds in the first episode: “He has played a really important role.
      “Gods put the right people in your path.”
      She said of her surviving twin daughter, one of two children she has with Cristiano: “She has managed to fill to some extent that hole that is present in my life.
      “When she’s older and we tell her what happened, she will be very proud of what she has achieved.”
      Georgina cries in the official trailer released last week, which didn’t contain any of the latest admissions revealed by the Spanish press, as she recalls last April’s trauma.
      She admits, as an adorable photo flashes up on the screen of her lying in bed in hospital with Bella Esmeralda on her chest: “Life is hard, life goes on.
      “I have reasons to move on and be strong.”
      Praising her footballer partner for helping her get through the darkest period in their life together, she adds: “Cris really encouraged me to continue with my agenda. He said: ‘Gio, get on with your life, it’ll do you good.'”
      She went on: “My priority right now is my family and my children. I’m so happy and thankful.”
      The trailer also shows moments from Georgina’s 28th birthday that will feature in the show, such as when Cristiano spent thousands of pounds on a light and laser show projected on Dubai’s famous Burj Khalifa tower.
      Georgina admits: “It’s really hard to surprise me” as the light and laser show is played out before admitting: “Cristiano is very thoughtful, really good to me. Cristiano’s the love of my life.”
      In another part of the show, she meets Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalia, who admits she was a fan of the first series of ‘I Am Georgina’ released on the influencer’s 28th birthday in January last year after hugging her and saying: “I watch your show. I love it.”
      Georgina is also filmed getting a tattoo done which is thought to be the inking from last August in memory of the child she lost.
      The former shop worker, who now has 47 million followers on Instagram, is filmed saying: “I need to be working” during the trailer for her new series.
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      She also confesses: “I feel like a super mum, and superwoman” before adding alongside footage of her dancing romantically with Cristiano: “I’m a mother, I’m a sister, I’m a friend, I’m a woman, I’m Georgina.”
      The first series of Georgina’s popular Netflix show premiered in 190 countries around the world last year. More