The Prime Minister said the BBC's decision to take Gary Lineker off air is a "matter for them" and "not everyone will always agree" with his asylum policy.
The 62-year-old presenter has been embroiled in a row over impartiality after comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum policy with 1930s Germany on Twitter.
It prompted criticism from Downing Street, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer and Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who accused him of "diminishing the unspeakable tragedy" of the Holocaust.
