Joe Lycett has revealed that he did not shred £10,000 in a livestreamed stunt on Sunday, and has as a substitute donated the cash to LGBTQ+ charities.
The comic had pledged to shred £10,000 of his personal money after David Beckham failed to finish his controversial multimillion-pound World Cup promotion take care of Qatar.
Lycett, 34, posted his admission in a brief video on social media, calling the stunt “an empty threat designed to get people talking,” including that, just like the soccer star’s controversial ambassadorship, it was “total b******* from the start”.
He defined within the one-and-a-half-minute video: “I haven’t quite told you the whole truth… Because the truth is, the money that went into the shredder was real, but the money that came out was fake.
“I might by no means destroy actual cash. I might by no means be so irresponsible. In truth, the £10,000 had already been donated to LGBTQ+ charities earlier than I even pressed ship on the unique tweet final week.”
He also shredded the famous June 2002 David Beckham cover issue of Attitude – the first ever cover of a gay magazine to feature a Premiere League footballer.
Lycett said he had asked Attitude for permission to shred the copy, and they had said “they have been more than pleased to oblige”.
Source: information.sky.com”