Joe Lycett ‘not satisfied’ after talks with David Beckham’s team over 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar involvement

Joe Lycett said he has talked to David Beckham’s team after the controversy of the former England captain’s involvement in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The Birmingham comedian gave Beckham an ultimatum saying he would shred thousands of pounds unless he pulled out of his sponsorship deal with Qatar over the country’s LGBTQ+ rights.

As David didn’t pull out of the World Cup, Lycett posted a video of him tossing stacks of money into a shredder. The comedian later announced that the money was fake, saying he would not waste money like that during a cost of living crisis and that he had instead donated the money to LGBTQ+ organisation.

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