Nicky Hayden Upstaged By Fellow “Hot Bachelor” Pitt In People Magazine’s U.S. GP Coverage

Nicky Hayden Upstaged By Fellow “Hot Bachelor” Pitt In People Magazine’s U.S. GP Coverage

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The June 27, 2005 issue of People Magazine listed Nicky Hayden as one of its “50 Hottest Bachelors of 2005,”stating: “In his third year of racing for Honda on the top international circuit, the ‘Kentucky Kid’ will compete in July’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix.” When the July 25, 2005 issue of People Magazine hit newsstands this week, however, its coverage of the U.S. Grand Prix was all but nonexistent. Instead of a story or even a note on how ‘hot bachelor’ Hayden had won the first MotoGP race of his career in storybook fashion, at the first U.S. Grand Prix in 11 years, People Magazine ran a Dorna Sports-supplied photo of Brad Pitt (also one of People’s 50 Hottest Bachelors of 2005) posing with the Yamaha MotoGP team umbrella girls. The caption for the photo read: “At the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix motocross championships, motorcycle enthusiast Brad Pitt brakes for a group of spokesmodels. The actor watched the race with pal and fellow racing fan Matt LeBlanc.” Seeing as Pitt has since checked into a Southern California hospital suffering from viral meningitis, we hope the girls didn’t get too much closer…

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