Gary Lineker followed through with his promise to present Match of the Day in his boxers if Leicester City won the league last season…
Far from bottling it, the man stood and sat there in his skivvies for the first two games of this season’s inaugural Match of the Day before finally covering his shame after one too many gleeful leers from Ian Wright and Alan Shearer.
But some still weren’t satisfied. Many said that he was actually wearing football shorts rather than boxer shorts.
Lineker, 56, has taken to his Instagram today to finally put all of the doubters in their place and confirmed that he stayed true to his word.
Ignore the banana. Or don’t.
How did it ever come to this? They were boxers, Clem. https://t.co/1Vf6hbzCVY
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 19, 2016
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJSwYMkgiuP/
Do you believe him? Compare the two photos and decide for yourself.
https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/764575120111333378
Of course, what with it being the internet and all, some people are still not entirely satisfied.
https://twitter.com/itssunny/status/766654998616739840
more boxing culottes than shorts I'd say 😍 x
— ZML (@ZeroMilesLove) August 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/TJBohane/status/766647200491442176
if you had appeared in your birthday suit you would have avoided this problem…
— John (@JohnDabkat) August 19, 2016
No they were clown shorts. I wear boxer shorts and your balls were not hanging out the bottom of them. Fake. Bravo any way.
— Duke vinnie (@peacockunited) August 19, 2016
And, similarly, what with it being the internet and all, some people had an altogether different but just as predictable response to Lineker’s ‘proof’.
https://twitter.com/TheSavageImp/status/766637856232247297
https://twitter.com/adamcclarky1/status/766638372916002816
https://twitter.com/McMellonLuke/status/766637878319443968
https://twitter.com/jorgecosta20002/status/766638133731614720
At least they’re getting a teensy bit more creative. Not that it’s necessarily a good thing.
https://twitter.com/BradW1399/status/766638017083797504
Never underestimate the ability of Twitter to reuse a template long beyond the point at which it has been done to death.
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