Gary Lineker: I got racist abuse for my darkish skin

Gary Lineker says he has suffered racist abuse during his childhood and football career as a result of his “darkish skin”.

The broadcaster made the comments during an interview on the latest edition of the High Performance Podcast, hosted by Jake Humphrey.

Mike Graham says his comments are insulting to victims of racism: "He hasn't got dark skin, he's a white man!"

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[stefb]

If there's victimhood to be claimed, Gary is gonna be straight on that bandwagon

[terrysmith]

This is confirmation that Gary is massively out of touch with reality, it's almost like he actually wants to be a victim 🤡

[bowler.]

He didn’t get racial abuse when he was young, he probably got abuse for being a self opinionated prat the same as he is now.

[darthspliffius]

Gary Linekar is actually a genius.

He's managed to secure his job for another 20 years, because when the BBC finally want to sack him he can just accuse them of racism.

[aib]

Well most kids get bullied be they fat, smelly, four eyed, ginger, skinny, thick or whatever else. I'm sure Gary did his fair share of bullying too.

[densalbeach]

I'm as English as they come! Interesting statement, so a black person who has been born in this country is not 'as English as they come?'
This man is a joke!

[mikeyf]

Gary has now invented racism against sun tan bed users .

[doriannewton]

The man's a disgrace. It so belittles the people who have genuinely suffered by racism. He's a hypocrite.

[andysmith]

How many people who go to tanning salons, have got racist abuse when theyre walking home...not many I guess 😂😂

[kevinlampen]

What darkish skin ? ...Gary is as white as a person can be.... his not even ginger ... he should thank his lucky stars he wasn't ginger during the 70s

[talktv]

Are Gary Lineker's comments insulting to victims of racism?

[michaelsaltsman]

he really has turned into an unbelievable prat

[paolo]

Gary probably got abuse for being a bell end - it seems it was justified.

[RoseAbundance]

He's trans black, leave him alone!!!

[jollyrob]

🤣 bet he's kicking himself for saying "I'm as English as they come"

[MebXVII]

Looks like Lineker is craving a slice of that oh so sweet victimhood pie.

[Victoria-wbez]

Beyond absurd. He is in another land...far, far away with the fairies.

[jamesdonoughue]

Respect to walkers crisp for having a black spokesman for 2 decades

[catleugh]

I wonder how all those people who suffered actual racist abuse in the past, including many footballers, feel about his (as usual) ridiculous comments.

[Thereishope]

As a Spurs season ticket holder I watched Lineker play for Spurs many many times and I can 100% say that not once was any utterance of racist abuse aimed at him.