Amid the backlash he has been facing since posting a video now viewed over 3 million times in which he appears to shred £10,000 in cash, Joe Lycett has set the record straight.
, “I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host”. Meanwhile, Russell Howard condemned the events surrounding the World Cup on his show: “Football stadiums are supposed to be arenas of joy, not graveyards.”
In a video posted to Twitter on 13 November, Lycett addressed David Beckham and told him that he considered him a gay icon. The alternative? He warned Beckham that if the football star did not end his relationship with Qatar, then he would throw the money into a shredder.The deadline in place was set: midday on Sunday 20 November, just before the opening ceremony was due to take place.
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