Comedian Joe Lycett has kept to his word - and shredded £10,000 to protest David Beckham's £10 million deal to promote the Qatar World Cup, despite its homophobic regime
"I consider you, along with Kim Woodburn and Monty Don, to be a gay icon.
"You were the first premiership footballer to do shoots with gay magazines like Attitude, to speak openly about your gay fans... but now it's 2022 and you signed a reported £10m deal with Qatar to be their ambassador during the Fifa World Cup.""Homosexuality is illegal, punishable by imprisonment, and if you're Muslim, possibly even death."You've always talked about the power of football as a force for good... generally I agree.
"However, if you do not, at midday next Sunday I will throw this money into a shredder just before the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and stream it live on a website I've registered called
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