Being able to swear and operating out of Times Square are just some of the benefits Gary Lineker is advancing after switching from the BBC to Netflix for this summer’s World Cup.
The former BBC Match of the Day host will soon launch Netflix UK’s first ever daily show, a version of his podcast for the streamer that will go out every morning (UK time) of the World Cup taking place in North America.
Speaking at a Netflix event alongside UK content chief Anne Mensah today, Lineker identified some of the benefits of relocating from his BBC broadcasting home of 25 years, which he exited under a cloud after sharing an Instagram video that contained an antisemitic trope.
“I was originally going to be doing the BBC this summer but that didn’t transpire,” he said. “I would have been in [BBC HQ] Salford in the
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