Gary Lineker has defined why he deleted a tweet about England hero Chloe Kelly’s now well-known celebration throughout the Euro 2022 remaining.
Kelly scored the winner in additional time as England beat Germany 2-1 to win Euro 2022. The Manchester City ahead took off her shirt and wielded it over her head, mimicking Brandi Chastian’s iconic celebration from USA’s win over China within the 1999 World Cup remaining when she took off her shirt and slid on her knees carrying a sports activities bra.
Lineker is well-known for his tried puns on Twitter, and shortly after England sealed victory he posted: “The @Lionesses have only gone and done it, and Kelly is England’s heroine, bra none.”
Lineker swiftly the deleted the tweet after some commenters took offence, seemingly not realising the context of the joke. The BBC presenter was criticised by Karen Ingala Smith, chief govt of the Nia charity campaigning in opposition to violence aimed toward girls, who wrote: “Please apologise for and condemn the sexist responses to your now deleted badly judged tweet.”
He defined: “It was just a play on words given the celebration. I do rubbish like that constantly on here, including on men’s football. I’ve deleted it as many people didn’t see the game so missed the context.”
Another admirer of Kelly’s celebration was Chastain herself, who tweeted: “I see you @Chloe_Kelly98 well done. Enjoy the free rounds of pints and dinners for the rest of your life from all of England. Cheers!”
Kelly was proven a yellow card by referee Kateryna Monzul for her celebration as it’s in opposition to the legal guidelines of the sport to take away your shirt whereas celebrating, however she had no regrets.
“I just went mental,” she stated. “Honestly, I didn’t know what to do! But I think it was an amazing celebration because — what a tournament! I didn’t think about it. I didn’t plan it. It was alright, wasn’t it?”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk