England footballing legend Gary Lineker has insisted he will not be "bullied" into censoring himself on Twitter, after he deleted a message poking fun at Chloe Kelly's goal celebration during the European Championship final on Sunday. The Match of the Day presenter remained defiant over his "funny" tweets amid the "ludicrous" backlash over his comment after Kelly removed her shirt, exposing her sports bra, the Telegraph reports
Lineker had quipped "Kelly is England’s heroine, bra none”, but deleted the tweet after receiving crude replies, as well as complaints from users who had taken offence. The England veteran was accused of "casual sexism" after tweeting, and feminist campaigners branded the remark "misogynist".
But Lineker told Telegraph Sport: "It was ludicrous. But it was just a few people who, I think, weren’t watching the football match. So they’ve automatically thought I was making a sexist comment because women wear bras."
