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Heidi Wichlinski Resurfaced at Maroon 5 Concert with Her Husband Seb Bishop (Former Goop CEO) and Their Daughter, Singer Skye Bishop

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For years, Heidi Wichlinski was a familiar face in the F1 paddock and on the party circuit — and then she vanished from public view almost entirely. More than two decades later, a single family day out has pulled her back into the frame.

Before marrying businessman Seb Bishop, Heidi spent years in the F1 paddock as the longtime partner (and onetime fiancée) of McLaren driver David Coulthard. After that relationship ended, she largely stepped out of the public eye.

Heidi Wichlinski was one of the 90s faces you’d spot at races and parties, engaged to F1 driver David Coulthard before that engagement ended in 2001 amid tabloid stories about other women. She stepped almost entirely out of the public eye after that, which is why her turning up at BST Hyde Park on July 3 to watch Maroon 5 has these shots getting picked over 20 years later.

Two women laughing and taking a selfie together in a crowd at an outdoor concert, one in a white tank top and jeans.
Heidi Wichlinski and a companion throw their heads back laughing while snapping a selfie during Maroon 5’s BST Hyde Park set on July 3, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.

Beside her was husband Seb Bishop, himself a fixture of that early-2000s London scene (he dated Lady Victoria Hervey before Heidi) who went on to run Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop from 2011 to 2014 and now runs the London homewares brand Summerill & Bishop.

A man in a denim shirt and orange sneakers stands beside a blonde woman in a red dress holding a champagne flute, in front of a decorated Christmas tree.
At The Ivy Market Grill in London, November 2014, Seb Bishop and Heidi Bishop are pictured together during the venue’s festive family brunch held in partnership with Kids Company. Photo by Tim P. Whitby / Getty Images.

In a February interview he said if his career were a mixtape he’d call it “Feelings,” which happens to be the name of his daughter’s debut album, and that he knows every lyric to her songs.

Blonde woman in a brown cardigan walks hand in hand with a man in a McLaren Mercedes team shirt at an F1 paddock.
Heidi Wichlinski walks hand in hand with McLaren-Mercedes driver David Coulthard through the paddock at the 1997 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola on April 27, 1997. Photo by Oliver Multhaup / picture alliance via Getty Images.

That daughter is Skye Bishop, who’s been grinding at this since she was 9, busking on London streets and picking up Young Songwriter recognition along the way. Her single “FREE” dropped in March, the “Feelings” album is imminent, and she’s been announced as a special guest for Chris Isaak later this month.

Young blonde woman in a white tank top and dark jeans holding a drink can at an outdoor concert crowd.
Skye Bishop holds a can and watches Maroon 5 perform at BST Hyde Park on July 3, 2026, during a rare public outing with her family. Photo by Backgrid.

The other name in the group is what turned a family day out into gossip fodder: Rod MacSween, founder of booking giant ITB and one of the most respected agents in live music, with Pink Floyd, The Who and Aerosmith on his client history. A rising singer standing next to an agent of that weight is the kind of detail people read into.

Blonde female model on a runway wearing a pink wrap dress with a floral lily hair accessory.
Wichlinski models a pink floral wrap dress by Paul Frith on the runway at London Fashion Week, September 29, 1997, wearing a lily in her hair. Photo by Paul Vicente / AFP via Getty Images.

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Two blonde women laughing and taking a selfie together in a crowd at an outdoor concert.
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Two women laughing and taking a selfie together in a crowd at an outdoor concert, one in a white tank top and jeans.
Heidi Wichlinski and a companion throw their heads back laughing while snapping a selfie during Maroon 5's BST Hyde Park set on July 3, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.
A man in a denim shirt and orange sneakers stands beside a blonde woman in a red dress holding a champagne flute, in front of a decorated Christmas tree.
At The Ivy Market Grill in London, November 2014, Seb Bishop and Heidi Bishop are pictured together during the venue's festive family brunch held in partnership with Kids Company. Photo by Tim P. Whitby Getty Images.
Blonde woman in a brown cardigan walks hand in hand with a man in a McLaren Mercedes team shirt at an F1 paddock.
Heidi Wichlinski walks hand in hand with McLaren-Mercedes driver David Coulthard through the paddock at the 1997 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola on April 27, 1997. Photo by Oliver Multhaup picture alliance via Getty Images.
Young blonde woman in a white tank top and dark jeans holding a drink can at an outdoor concert crowd.
Skye Bishop holds a can and watches Maroon 5 perform at BST Hyde Park on July 3, 2026, during a rare public outing with her family. Photo by Backgrid.
Blonde female model on a runway wearing a pink wrap dress with a floral lily hair accessory.
Wichlinski models a pink floral wrap dress by Paul Frith on the runway at London Fashion Week, September 29, 1997, wearing a lily in her hair. Photo by Paul Vicente AFP via Getty Images.

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January Nelson

January Nelson

January Nelson is a writer, editor, and dreamer. She writes about astrology, games, love, relationships, and entertainment. January graduated with an English and Literature degree from Columbia University.