Joe Lycett would ‘never’ have really shredded £10,000

OHMYGOSSIP — Joe Lycett would “never” have really shredded £10,000.
The 34-year-old comedian went viral last month when he appeared to put £10,000 in a shredder in protest against football star David Beckham’s £10 million World Cup deal with Qatar – where it is illegal to be gay – before explaining it was a trick and admitted that the rapid circulation of the stunt was “very helpful” because it brought attention to the story.
He said: “I’ve been asking people about it these last few weeks because I know that I would never do it. It’s amazing how I managed to convince people and the media and all of that. ITV news ran it on a lot of their bulletins, which was very helpful because it brought the story to a wider audience so I’m very grateful to ITV news for that.
The ‘QI’ star – who instead donated the money to LGBTQ+ charities – later shredded a historic edition of the gay men’s magazine Attitude with David on the cover and lamented that the Premier League star was once a “great ally” for the community and he would “love to speak to him” about his actions.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’, he added: “David was a brilliant ally to the LGBT community, he did a cover for Attitude – which is the one I shredded – and this came during Section 28, which was a law that meant it was illegal t tell children about gay people. That was the law until I was 15, so for him to do that was really bold and really helpful and I think that helped stop Section 28.
“So for him to now take an extortionate amount of money from a place where it is illegal to be gay – I would be jailed if I was there – it is a real betrayal of being gay and a betrayal of what he had done.
“Beckham was sort of emblematic of it and I thought I might be able to convince him to change his mind. But I’ve not heard anything from him and I would still love to speak to him.”

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