Gary Lineker has hit out at Elon Musk after his son received a death threat on Twitter following his row with the BBC.
It comes after Lineker was controversially axed by the BBC after criticising the government's use of language towards migrants.
The axe came after the Match of the Day host became embroiled in a debate over impartiality when he compared the language used to launch a new UK Government asylum policy to Germany in the 1930s.
Lineker said in a post on Twitter earlier this week: "There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s."
Although BBC bosses have now reinstated the presenter for Match of The Day, Gary is still dealing the backlash of the controversy.
The broadcaster has now been left utterly furious after his son received a death threat on Twitter following the controversy.
Lineker has angrily asked Elon Musk if it is 'acceptable' that his son has received a death threat as he typed: “Is this acceptable @Twitter @elonmusk?
"And I don’t mean the grammar," he sarcastically added.
Gary's son George, 28, hit back at the troll who sent him a tweet insisting that he should be burned at the stake for supporting his famous father amid the drama.
The user typed to George: “You're a mug, how dare you stick up for you sh**house of a dad. You need to be burned at the stake.”
George later responded publicly by saying: “Social media’s mad, isn’t it? Over the last few days, on Instagram, never had so many nice messages. On Twitter - never had so much abuse.
“It’s not even anything to do with me.”
After the BBC took Gary off air, several fellow pundits announced that they would boycott Match of the Day in response, with the show airing on Saturday night without any presenters or pundits.
The BBC have since apologised for the disruption, with Director-General Tim Davie confirming that Gary will be returning to present on Saturday.
BBC bosses appear to agree that their decision to take him off air was wrong.
The corporation announced last Friday that Lineker would not present Match of the Day while the fallout from his tweets criticising the government’s small boats policy was dealt with.
Their decision sparked a wave of anger from the public - including many of Lineker’s BBC colleagues.
Ian Wright, Alan Shearer, Alex Scott and match commentators pulled out of the iconic Saturday highlights show throwing the BBC’s coverage into chaos.
