whats the 1998 story ahahahah
Mark f^cked up things with Ann, their relationship and her work as his manager. It's a long story but emotional - because from that story you can see how people are fond of each other, how they are made for one another and nothing can put them apart or stop them to have a future together, no matter what! So here it is a piece of that 98 story...
[...] they had a bumpy patch shortly after Webber turned professional with Mercedes in 1998
"In most people's eyes he had arrived, he was going to be a famous person. There was a girl on the scene and he did take up with her for a little while," Ann said.
"To be honest, I was more angry about the whole thing going off the rails in terms of his career because he could not afford to have a girlfriend who's living in Australia when he's trying to pursue a professional career in Europe."
Webber, who admits in his soon-to-be-released autobiography that the pressure of his mother's disapproval of his relationship "got to him", then sacked Neal as his manager.
"There were lots of things going on. I was pressing on with the career and we had a tricky moment," Webber said.
For Neal, the decision to sever management ties was "a kick".
"I thought, 'right, OK, I've done all this hard work and now you don't need me. Let's just see.' Long and short of it is he realised that he actually did need me in his life," she said.
"And that's when I get the call, 'I want to come home.' So I said 'well there'll be some changes then, isn't there?'"
Webber said he missed his "team-mate and soul mate" and Neal's support and guidance.
"It was certainly a bit of an uppercut to myself. We patched it back up pretty quickly," he said.
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By the way in his autobiography he gives more details about this story, if you want I can write a little here later on this post. He was lost and hurt and didn't want to hurt his mum's heart too... He said he missed Ann so badly!
(To be honest that happened more to the final year of 97 and a stayed a little early in 98) didn't last too long in 1998 as in April-May they were already back together).
