Formula 1 veteran Fernando Alonso isn’t letting those Taylor Swift rumours go.
The Aston Martin driver, 41, shared another TikTok poking fun at the baseless claim he’s dating the pop superstar.
“Im lifting 22’s,” Alonso wrote with a winking emoji alongside a video of himself lifting weights over the weekend.
At the end of the clip, which was set to the tune of Swift’s song “22,” the two-time world champion knowingly winked at the camera, The New York Post reports.
Fans were quick to get in on the joke in the comments section, with many praising him for using “Taylor’s Version” of the track.
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“And he’s using taylor’s version! What a good boyfriend,” one fan hilariously commented.
Another wrote: “We appreciate nando using taylors version. We love a supportive king”.
Others noted the athlete was “having way too much fun” with the rumour, while another person wrote, “didn’t have taynando rumour in my 2023 bingo card.”
Speculation that Swift and Alonso — who are both recently single — were secretly dating took the internet by storm last month when an anonymous email was published by gossip Instagram account Deuxmoi.
The blind item was flagged by Deuxmoi as “entertainment” only, and she even noted that “some of the emails posted are complete BS.”
“A couple of Spanish magazines have been posting about TS and Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso,” the anonymous note read. “According to them, the couple has been seeing each other for a week now. Nothing serious tho since they are both recently single.”
Alonso initially responded to rumours with a TikTok video last week, set to the tune of Swift’s hit song “Karma.” In the clip, he scrolled on his phone before looking at the camera and winking.
“Race week era,” the Spaniard captioned the post, alluding to the “Anti-Hero” singer’s ongoing “Eras Tour.”
When reporters asked Alonso to elaborate on the dating rumours ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last week, he coyly responded, “I don’t comment on anything.”
The “Cruel Summer” singer, who performed at the 2016 United States Grand Prix, is newly single after splitting from her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn.
Alonso, for his part, is also single after splitting from journalist Andrea Schlager earlier this month.
“We have been lucky enough to share a fantastic time together, and it will continue to be so, but on a different form of affection,” he shared in an Instagram post at the time.
Who is Fernando Alonso?
Fernando Alonso is a two-time F1 world champion, winning the campaign in 2005 and 2006.
He won both of his championships with Renault before joining Mclaren and Ferrari in unsuccessful stints.
Fernando stepped back from racing in 2018 after he “didn’t feel supported,” however, the superstar joined Alpine in 2021 and in 2023 is back in the driving seat with Aston Martin.
As of April 2023, he has entered 361 Grand Prix races with a total of 101 podiums.
— This story originally appeared on nypost.com and has been republished with permission
