Gary Lineker’s son has spoken out after facing relentless abuse on Twitter following his father’s public fallout with BBC over small boat tweets.
George Lineker shared a screenshot of someone telling him he should be “burned at the stake” for supporting his dad when the Match of the Day (MOTD) presenter was briefly suspended from the BBC.
Commenting on the abuse, George wrote: “Social media’s mad isn’t it. Over the last few days, on insta- never had so many nice messages.
On Twitter- never had so much abuse. It’s not even anything to do with me. ”The message said: “Your a mug how dare you stick up for what your sh**house of a dad said you need to be burned at the stake. ”Mr Lineker retweeted his son’s post, and tagged Elon Musk and Twitter, asking: “Is this acceptable?
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