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The outspoken former footballer was photographed wandering around Marks & Spencer in Barnes, southwest London, on Sunday without a mask, after months of lecturing others to do just that. The 59-year-old Match Of The Day was spotted by a member of the public as he looked at the grocery store desserts before exploring the store, queuing at checkouts and paying for his food, all without necessarily covering his face.
This is despite Linekar repeatedly lecturing his 7.7 million Twitter users to wear a mask to combat the invisible killer disease, which has killed more than 43,500 people in the UK.
The BBC presenter told his followers that wearing a mask “had to be beneficial”, “even if it only saves one life.”
In April, he tweeted: “How can there be any debate about whether we should wear a mask?
“Even if it’s only a 1 percent chance of making you more secure. Even if it’s only a 1 percent chance of preventing you from giving it to someone else.
“Even if it only saves one life, it has to be beneficial.”
On July 2, he wrote: “I cannot understand why anyone would object to wearing a mask.
“A painless gesture to make sure you do not transmit the virus to other people and excellent to hide bad breath.”
And on July 14, he added: “Why would anyone object to wearing a mask in a store? It’s not exactly a hardship.
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“In what country of snowflakes we have become.”
He also tweeted: “Wearing masks, of all things, is the most obvious thing we can do to help slow the spread of the virus, and the smallest of all sacrifices. It’s obvious.”
The former England striker even took photos outside of the same M&S branch and posted them on Instagram on April 8 with the caption: “I’m taking no chances.”
The 38-year-old buyer who saw Mr. Lineker without a mask criticized the BBC presenter for breaking the rules “disregarding the moral ground.”
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They said, “It’s hypocrisy on another level.
“He had even tweeted a photo of him wearing a mask recently in front of that same M&S store and telling people to wear masks in supermarkets.
“If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t care as much. But it’s frustrating for someone who tries to take the moral ground as much as he does.”
“Gary Lineker lives in Barnes, and I’ve heard he shop at that M&S pretty regularly.
“Nobody really came close to him in the store. None of the store employees came up to him and asked him to put on a mask.”
Face masks became mandatory in stores, including non-essential retailers and supermarkets, in the UK as of July 24.
The legal responsibility lies with the customer to wear the mask, not to the store or takeaway to enforce the rule.
Stores can turn away anyone who is not wearing it.
Anyone who refuses to use one will be subject to a £ 100 fine.
Lineker’s agent, Jon Holmes, said the BBC star admitted that he had not worn a mask and apologized for the “carelessness.”
Mr. Holmes said: “I have spoken with Gary and he admits he is right, he was not wearing a mask when he entered M&S.”
“He got to the middle of the store, noticed it and put it on.
“It was an oversight, so he admits, and he apologizes.
“It just shows that people need to be vigilant when shopping.”
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