Michelle Yeoh wins the Oscar for Best Actress. Michael Schumacher once gave a good friend love tips in his relationship with the Hollywood star.
Los Angeles – What an Oscars night for Michelle Yeoh: The Malaysian actress was recognized for her performance in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won an incredible seven out of 17 Oscars in Los Angeles wins, Best Actress award. The 60-year-old Yeoh, once a Bond girl, has reached Hollywood Olympus with it.
Michael Schumacher has long climbed the motorsport Olympus and may have played a not inconsiderable part in Yeoh’s happy private life. Schumi once gave a Formula 1 legend love tips to win Yeoh’s heart.
| Name: Michael Schumacher |
| Born: January 3, 1969 in Hurth |
| Spouse: Corinna Schumacher (married 1995) |
| Kinder: Mick Schumacher, Gina-Maria Schumacher |
| Greatest success: Formula 1 world champion (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) |
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Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt have been together since 2004. “A moment of pure grace and immense happiness! What a journey! I’m proud of Michelle, who received the Oscar Academy Award for Best Actress,” Todt congratulated Oscar winner Yeoh on Twitter.
Michael Schumacher had his fingers in the game at the beginning of the happy relationship. Schumi and Todt have been close friends since their time together at Ferrari, which was crowned with five world championship titles in Formula 1. That’s how Schumacher got to know Yeoh.
Oscar winner is with Formula 1 legend: Michael Schumacher gave love tips
Todt revealed a few years following first meeting Yeoh that Schumacher was a big part of the relationship, the reports Bild. Accordingly, the record world champion of Formula 1 gave his then boss at Ferrari tips on how the Frenchman can better exchange text messages with Yeoh at the beginning of the partnership.
Over the years, a close friendship developed not only between Schumacher and Todt, but also between Schumacher and Yeoh.
Michael Schumacher witnessed the relationship between Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt from the start
“If you ask me what my time at Ferrari brought me, here’s the best of it. If it wasn’t for my job, I wouldn’t have met Michelle at all. The time at Ferrari was worth it for that alone,” said Todt, who has certainly thanked Schumacher several times for the love tips. Once, however, Michael Schumacher underwent a failed love advice.
Todt and Yeoh met at a 2004 Ferrari event in Shanghai, to which the actress was invited as a guest. Today the couple has been engaged for almost 20 years. At that time, Yeoh had already made her breakthrough as a Bond girl alongside Pierce Brosnan in 1997’s “Tomorrow Never Dies”.
Mick Schumacher celebrates Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh
The then Ferrari boss Todt later spoke of a “fairy tale”, recalling: “I knew immediately that she was my dream woman, even before I met her. It was destiny. She was the woman I had been waiting for.” Yeoh also spoke regarding their shared happiness in 2004: “Jean is a wonderful person. I’m glad that I make him so happy.”
Schumi’s son Mick Schumacher was also happy regarding Yeoh’s victory at the Oscars and posted a couple photo of Yeoh and Todt in his Instagram story, with the Oscar in his hands. The Schumi offspring has been a substitute driver for Mercedes since this season, ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone regrets the fate of Mick Schumacher. (ck)