Nana Akua has slammed the BBC for its treatment of Gary Lineker as she claimed that she "lost shows" when she "said things that they didn't like".
Gary Lineker has landed himself in hot water after seemingly referring to the October 7 attacks in Israel as "the Hamas thing".
The controversy-prone BBC presenter made the remark on the British-American broadcaster Medhi Hasan's Medhi Unfiltered programme.
The former England captain, 63, has previously landed himself in hot water for his political interventions which critics see as breaches of the BBC's impartiality rules.
Gary Lineker spoke about the war
PASpeaking on GB News, author and journalist Emma Woolf said: "Once again he has been dismissive about what happened on October the 7th".
She added: "Which part of impartiality does Gary Lineker not understand? Has he looked at his payslip recently? He is paid by the BBC and therefore by us."
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The panel agreed with Woolf, with GB News host Andrew Pierce claiming that he thinks it is "worse" Lineker used a US broadcaster to make his point.
Andrew said: "People might think that this is a mainstream view because he works for the BBC."
Co-host Nana Akua explained: "I was freelance for the BBC and even if you are freelance, you are still bound by the rules.
"Even if you are just consistently doing a job with that organisation, like when I used to present four or five radio shows a week, then you are part of those impartiality guidelines.
Nana Akua said she was "put in the same category"
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"My show was political, it wasn't only news so I was in a similar category to him and I had to leave so that I could have my voice.
"I said some things that they didn't like outside the BBC and in the end they took away two of my shows. So they got me."
Woolf said: "Well then why do they keep putting up with Gary Lineker? It is because he is bigger than them?"
Lineker has been in disputes with his employer before, famously coming under fire in 2023 after comparing the Government's stance over small boats to that of 1930s Germany.
Gary Lineker said he "cries regularly" of the war
GettyThe tweet sparked a huge impartiality row, with many other BBC presenters boycotting their roles on the broadcaster after Lineker was taken off air in response to his political outburst.
He returned to Match of the Day after his co-stars stood in solidarity with him but continues to be criticised for airing his political views online.
The football pundit has been the BBC's top earner since 2018, with The Mirror reporting it is understood he earns £1.35million a year.
Lineker revealed last weekend that he "cries regularly" over Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
