Gary Lineker is branded a hypocrite in British tabloid newspapers. Now he’s sorry.
The English football legend and TV personality Gary Lineker is an avid public debater and has thrown himself into several debates about the authorities’ and the people’s handling of the virus pandemic.
The World Cup hero from 1986 tweeted in April, among other things, that he thinks there should not even be a debate about whether the British should wear face masks in public space.
Also read: Tuesday’s Premier League rumors
He repeated the message when it was introduced mandate for the use of face masks in all indoor shops in England in July.
sorry
Now, however, the 59-year-old has found himself forced to apologize after he was photographed in a Marks & Spencer store without a face mask.
The British tabloid newspapers have, of course, thrown themselves into the matter. The Mirror have talked to one of those who was in the store.
– It is hypocrisy on a separate level. He even tweeted a picture of him wearing a mask in front of that store recently and asked people to wear face masks. I would not have cared so much if it was someone else, but it is frustrating when someone thinks they are the guardian of morality, he says.
Lineker himself posted the following apology on Twitter:
– In my older days, I went into a store and forgot to put on a mask. I wondered why people looked at me so ugly. I realized it after a few minutes and hurried to put it on. Felt cruel and embarrassing. I apologize to those who were present.
Brilliant career
Lineker is perhaps best known as the top scorer at the World Cup in 1986. He started his senior career at the parent club Leicester, before moving on to Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham.
He ended his football career with a two-year stay in the Japanese Nagoya Grampus Eight between 1992 and 1994.
After putting his football boots on the shelf, Lineker has been among England’s most influential media personalities, including as host of the BBC program Match of the Day.
–
