He goes one better

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Former FIFA referee Manuel Gräfe has caused a stir with his reaction to Ralf Schumacher's love outing. In it, he criticized the former Formula 1 driver for the timing of the outing and his marriage to Cora. He received a lot of criticism for this and then went one better. 

"No, years too late and married under false pretenses. Honesty right from the start would be the right and sincere way," Gräfe commented on a post about Schumacher's outing on "ran", earning him a lot of criticism within a short space of time. The former referee is also certain that some people were already aware of this during Schumacher's Formula 1 career.

Statements that caused many users to shake their heads and react violently. Gräfe felt that he had been misunderstood and sought clarification on X: "Who denies that it is important and right? It's just about encouraging not only after the career and so late... !!! Nothing more and nothing less". The 50-year-old could not understand why his statements could be criticized to such an extent.

Gräfe goes one better
"Live and let live must be strengthened. But early and honest would be better," the former Bundesliga referee concludes his message. In any case, he was unable to calm the waters with this message.

Meanwhile, Schumacher himself spoke out with another Instagram post. Alongside the photo showing him with his partner, he wrote: "Thank you so much for all the congratulations and comments. We are very happy and thank you all". With a photo on Instagram showing him together with his boyfriend, ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher publicly admitted his homosexuality last Sunday.