last week magazine actually According to reports, this is Schumacher’s first interview since his skiing accident in 2013.

The magazine’s cover featured a picture of Schumacher smiling promising a “first interview”. It continues inside with a story featuring mock quotes generated by artificial intelligence technology with the tagline “Sounds real.”

The jarring tune has upset the Schumacher family, who have threatened legal action over the matter actuallya weekly magazine published by Fengke Media Group.

The publisher has now responded by sacking editor-in-chief Anne Hoffmann and apologizing to the Schumacher family.

“This tasteless and misleading article should not have appeared,” Funke managing director Bianca Pohlmann wrote in a statement.

“It in no way meets the standard of journalism that we and our readers have come to expect from a publisher like Funke.

“As a result of the publication of this article, there will be immediate personnel consequences. actually Editor-in-chief Anne Hoffman, who has held the newspaper’s news responsibility since 2009, will be relieved of her duties effective today. “

Corinna Schumacher and Gina Maria Schumacher celebrate Mick Schumacher’s F2 victory

Photography: Mark Sutton/ motorsport pictures

The Schumacher family has maintained a strict privacy policy since Schumacher’s accident while skiing in the French Alps in 2013, in which he suffered severe brain damage.

The seven-time world champion, 54, continues to recover from the accident at his home in Switzerland and has not been seen in public since, with only his family’s closest friends in touch.

The only glimpse into the life of the Schumachers comes from a family-curated Netflix documentary Schumacherwhich will be released in 2021, features interviews with his wife Corinna and son Mick.

In the documentary, Corinna says: “We lived at home together. We did therapy. We did everything we could to make Michael better, to make sure he was comfortable, to make him feel like our family, our bond.

“We’re trying to continue as a family, the way Michael loved it, and we still are. We’re moving on with our lives.”