Gary Lineker takes pay cut saying ‘BBC recognise that I tweet carefully’
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breakingnews.ieGary Lineker is taking a pay cut – which makes Zoe Ball the BBC’s highest-paid earner. The Match Of The Day host has signed a new five-year contract with the broadcaster, with a 23% pay cut – from £1.75 million to around £1.35 million (€1.5 million).
While he topped the list of star earners in the 2019/20 figures just published, his new deal means Ball, who shed a million listeners in her first year on Radio 2, now earns more if her salary is unchanged.
Lineker dismissed suggestions that he had been asked to tweet more carefully, writing on Twitter: “BBC recognise that I tweet carefully and will continue to do so.” Breakfast show DJ Ball took £1.36 million in 2019/20, not including fronting Strictly Come Dancing’s It Takes Two.
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