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14th Jan 2016

VIDEO: Gary Lineker made a jokey reference to masturbation on Match of the Day last night

Conor Heneghan

Careful now.

Gary Lineker has always had something of a squeaky-clean reputation both as a player and a pundit, excluding that one time he had a bit of an accident while playing against Ireland, of course.

He’s not shy of slipping an odd joke or two into his punditry when the opportunity arises, however, and last night he made what was a pretty blatant masturbation reference while in conversation with Alan Shearer about a Chancel Mbemba handball on Match of the Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o39Jy1iXr8k

Clip via BeanymanSports

It was after the watershed and Gary didn’t use any explicit language so he was probably on safe ground, although it might sully his good name amongst a more prudish section of the audience.