Multi-millionaire motor mouth calls for wealth cap while living large in Monaco tax haven...
Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Formula One world champion who's raked in a cool $550 million, dropped a fresh gem on a podcast:
Billionaires "shouldn't be allowed to exist."In an eye-rolling interview on Jay Shetty's "On Purpose" podcast, the British speed demon, decked out in a bucket hat and fuzzy sweater like he just rolled out of a Silver Lake coffee shop, unloaded on the evils of extreme wealth.
"You shouldn’t be able to have billions. There should be a limit to how much you can have because there’s enough to go round everyone," Hamilton lectured, gesturing dramatically while complaining about seeing homeless people in Los Angeles
Hamilton, who ditched the UK years ago for sunny Monaco to dodge taxes like a true man of the people, has built his fortune racing for teams bankrolled by actual billionaires. F1 itself is basically a billionaire boys' club, something the champ once complained about himself.
And let's not forget his rumored main squeeze, Kim Kardashian. The reality TV mogul and Skims queen is worth a reported $1.9 billion, well into the "shouldn't exist" territory by Lewis's own standards. The pair have been cozying up at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Hamilton races for Ferrari.
Hamilton has trotted out this schtick before. Back in 2023, he told the same podcast that he struggles daily with the "disparity between the wealthy and the poor" while cruising past tent cities.
Yet somehow, the man worth hundreds of millions hasn't exactly downsized to a studio apartment.
His foundation, Mission 44, throws cash at good causes for underrepresented kids — a noble effort, sure. But preaching "enough will go round everyone" while jet-setting between tax havens and dating one of the planet's richest women lands with all the sincerity of a Kardashian contour kit.F1 fans and free-market types were quick to point out the obvious: Without billionaire team owners, sponsors, and investors pumping cash into the sport, there'd be no Lewis Hamilton zooming around in a $20 million car.
Hamilton wrapped up his rant, admitting he doesn't know how you'd actually enforce a wealth cap. Shocker.
