Gary Lineker ‘under review’ by Twitter after losing blue checkmark
Posted by  badge Boss on Apr 09, 2023 - 08:20AM
Gary Lineker appears to have lost his verified status on Twitter (Picture: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

appears to have found himself in hot water because of his Twitter again, with the platform reviewing his page.

Last month the football pundit and presenter was temporarily taken off air by the BBC after posting a tweet comparing the to 1930s Germany.

While he’s, it appears his social media presence may be under a spotlight again after he lost his blue tick on Twitter.

On Saturday Gary, 62, responded to a question that had been posed about why his account didn’t have a verification checkmark anymore.

‘No idea. I’m ,’ he shared, whilst also tagging Twitter and one of its support pages.

When someone joked that he might have missed his bill for £8 after paid account perks were introduced for users, Gary said that didn’t seem to be the issue.

Gary has lost his blue tick on Twitter (Picture: Gary Lineker/ Twitter)

‘I’ve actually been paying it for a while. Only for the Edit button, but nevertheless,’ he shared.

However, it appears that the issue could be changing his profile photo, with other users saying their accounts had been subjected to review after they had done the same.

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Last month Gary , which also looked like it could have been a subtle dig at his employer.

In it, he was seen standing in front of a plaque that quoted George Orwell.

Gary changed his profile photo to this image last month (Picture: Gary Lineker/ Twitter)

It read: ‘If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.’

The plaque is part of a memorial to the writer outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London, which also includes a statue of its former employee, who worked there during the Second World War but eventually left to focus on writing Animal Farm.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Twitter for comment.