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Why are the celebrities I used to love suddenly so anti, well… me?

From Annie Lennox to Roger Waters, it’s hard not to take pro-Palestine activism personally. Thank God for Quentin Tarantino

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Lineker was accused of antisemitism when he shared a social media post about Zionism featuring an image of a rat

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Netflix criticised over £14m deal with Gary Lineker who quit BBC after Zionism rat post

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Netflix condemned for Gary Lineker deal after he quit BBC over sharing post about Zionism with rat image

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Gary Lineker shares unevidenced claim that IDF ‘tormented’ Greta Thunberg

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Gary Linker wins ‘best presenter’ award despite BBC departure over ‘antisemitic’ social media post

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Gary Lineker leaves BBC and will not present next year’s World Cup coverage after antisemitism row

The BBC’s highest paid presenter was preparing to leave Match of the Day at the end of the Premier League season

By JC Reporter

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May 18, 2025 22:13

Gary Lineker has come under fire for sharing an anti-Zionist lecture on Instagram

By Malcolm Green

I made Lineker Walkers Crisps icon – but his ideas are the real junk food

As a young advertising creative, I helped reinvent the footballer – but now I watch him with growing dismay

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May 15, 2025 16:20

Gary Lineker launches 'Walkers Spell & Go' at Marble Arch on April 15, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

Gary Lineker ‘apologises unreservedly’ for sharing post about Zionism that included picture of a rat

‘I would never share anything antisemitic,’ claimed Match of the Day presenter

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

May 14, 2025 15:53

Lineker’s criticism of Israel is ‘grotesque’, says Brendan O’Neill

The Spiked journalist delivered a scathing critique of the BBC pundit for his anti-Israeli activism

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

May 14, 2025 14:08

Lineker’s criticism of Israel is ‘grotesque’, says Brendan O’Neill

Gary Lineker shares anti-Zionist lecture from account that claimed Israel ‘controls the US government’

A copy of the video has since been flagged in relation to X’s ‘hateful conduct’ regulations

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

May 13, 2025 12:01

By Nicole Lampert

The BBC should be glad that Gary Lineker won’t be their problem for much longer

The presenter epitomises how the corporation has lost its way

4 min read

April 22, 2025 13:51

Gary Lineker is set to give up hosting Match of the day at the end of this football season (Getty)

Gary Lineker among celebrity signatories of letter criticising BBC for dropping controversial Gaza documentary

The former Match of the Day presenter was joined by famous names like Miriam Margolyes, Bridgerton’s India Amarteifio and award-winning actress Juliet Stevenson

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

February 26, 2025 15:12

Gary Lineker is among the famous names who signed a letter calling on the BBC to reinstate a controversial documentary about life in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Gary Lineker: ‘I’m not antisemitic, I’m anti-bad people’

The sports broadcaster has previously tweeted support for a sports boycott of Israel

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

December 5, 2024 12:03

Sports broadcaster Gary Lineker has denied claims that he is antisemitic following his tweets about the Israel-Gaza war (Getty)

By Nicole Lampert

I just asked Gary Lineker about his Israel tweets and I’m still shaking with anger

The arguments I’ve had so many times on social media with trolls were suddenly being spouted by one of the most famous faces in Britain

6 min read

February 6, 2024 19:11

I just asked Gary Lineker about his Israel tweets and I’m still shaking with anger

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Gary Lineker

Why are the celebrities I used to love suddenly so anti, well… me?

Netflix criticised over £14m deal with Gary Lineker who quit BBC after Zionism rat post

Netflix condemned for Gary Lineker deal after he quit BBC over sharing post about Zionism with rat image

Gary Lineker shares unevidenced claim that IDF ‘tormented’ Greta Thunberg

Gary Linker wins ‘best presenter’ award despite BBC departure over ‘antisemitic’ social media post

Gary Lineker says he’s not ‘antisemitic’ but ‘anti-child killing’

Gary Lineker ‘not welcome’ at famous football writer’s memorial after ‘giving ammunition to antisemites’

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