The controversial Talk TV host said he had 'no problem' with Lineker expressing his personal views online
Piers Morgan has come to Gary Lineker's defence after the latter criticised the government's new asylum policy.
Both Morgan and Lineker have previously clashed on multiple occasions due to differing opinions on various topic. However, Morgan said on Talk TV on Wednesday that he had "no problem" with Lineker expressing his personal views online.“Gary got a bit carried away, as he tends to do. We get into it quite regularly, this is what he does and he would say the same about me,” he said.
“He’s not a BBC news journalist, he’s not anchoring The News at 10 or Question Time or Newsnight, he’s a football presenter doing Match Of The Day and other major sporting events. He’s a celebrity and a public figure, his eight and a half million followers want to know what he thinks about stuff. In the end he’s just a football presenter, and I don’t mean that to denigrate him, he’s very good at it. But he’s not a news presenter. So it shouldn’t matter to the BBC’s news output what he thinks about the migrant situation.”Morgan noted that if Lineker had made the remarks while presenting Match Of The Day then the criticism would have been "justified", but this wasn't the case. He continued: "If you decide not to watch him because of opinions, that’s your right.
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