Gary Lineker has admitted he watched the Match of the Day episode for which he was dropped by BBC Sport and opened up on being reduced to tears by the show of solidarity from colleagues.
In March, the BBC decided to suspend Lineker, the popular host of the Saturday football flagship show, after the former striker described the UK government's new Migration Bill as "beyond awful" and that the language used was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s."
Amid the fallout, many of Lineker’s Match of the Day colleagues opted to stand in solidarity with him. Pundit Wright tweeted to state that he would not be appearing on that weekend's Match of the Day if there were to be no Lineker, with Shearer then following suit. That sparked a mass walkout of workers on the programme.
