Comedian tweets video of stunt after his deadline for former footballer to pull out of ambassador role passes
The comedian Joe Lycett appears to have thrown £10,000 into an industrial shredder in protest at David Beckham’s continued support for the World Cup in Qatar.
Lycett had set the former England footballer a deadline of midday on Sunday to withdraw from his role at the tournament. If Beckham pulled out as aWorld Cup ambassador before the start of the event, Lycett was offering to donate £10,000 of his own money to gay charities. If Beckham did not, the plan was to shred it, along with what Lycett called the former England captain’s “status as gay icon”.
The eye-catching stunt highlighted concerns about the World Cup being hosted in a country where homosexuality can be punished by up to seven years in prison. David Beckham in the stands ahead of the opening game of the 2022 World Cup at the al-Bayt stadium on Sunday.Beckham, who in 2002 posed for the cover of the gay magazine Attitude, saying he was “honoured to have the tag of gay icon”, has facedover his association with the Qatar tournament. The value of the deal is disputed but some say he was offered £150m by the Gulf state.
Lycett tweeted a video of the stunt just after midday, with the words “A platform for progress”, a Beckham quote about the Qatar tournament. Dressed in rainbow feathers, he put what appeared to be two bundles of cash into a shredder before curtseying to the camera.
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