Gary Lineker stops posting opinions on X, blames “odd bloke” Elon Musk
nme.comElon Musk for the decision.Speaking to The Independent, the Match Of The Day presenter explained: “I have changed my habits on Twitter.
I don’t really post my thoughts now because I think it has become not a very pleasurable experience.”Lineker continued: “There was a time you could have little chats with people on there and a bit of banter but now it is impossible because before I could have chats with people I either followed or were blue-tick people but now everyone’s got a blue tick so that doesn’t work anymore.“I have become a bit bored with it.
It is a very unpleasant world there and Musk is clearly a very odd bloke.”Last year, Lineker was suspended from Match Of The Day after he criticised the then-Conservative government’s proposed immigration policy in a post on X/Twitter.
He had been accused of breaching the BBC‘s impartiality rules with the tweet.The corporation subsequently conducted a review of its social media guidance for freelancers outside news and current affairs, and Lineker later returned as the presenter of MOTD.In a statement at the time, he said: “After a surreal few days, I’m delighted that we have navigated a way through this.
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