Mystery surrounds the fate of the blue Twitter tick of Gary Lineker, Britain’s most prominent footballer turned TV presenter.
A fan spotted Lineker’s blue tick gone for the first time on Saturday – despite Lineker being one of the most famous tweeters in the country, with 8.9 million followers hanging on his every word, from football commentary to opinion on the immigration policy.
The latter caused a stir three weeks ago when Lineker’s employers, the BBC, decided he had crossed the line in terms of the impartiality required of its staff and suspended him from its football highlights programme. match of the day.
While dozens of BBC Sports staff, both on and off screen, boycotted their shows in support of Lineker, match of the day had to be repackaged without faces in the studio, and the weekend sports coverage schedule was thrown into chaos. Lineker was reappointed the following week.
Lineker seems as confused as anyone about the reason for his missing blue tick. He replied to a questioner: “I don’t know, apparently I’m being judged.”
And when someone joked that he hadn’t paid his £8 bill (the new fee Twitter charges for blue ticks and other privileges on the platform), Lineker explained: “I’ve actually been paying it for a while. Just for the ‘edit’ button, but still.”
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Source: Deadline
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