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# Joe Lycett shreds £10,000 as David Beckham refuses to end his World Cup ambassadorship with anti-LGBTQ+ Qatar
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/joe-lycett-shreds-10000-as-david-beckham-refuses-to-end-his-world-cup-ambassadorship-with-anti-lgbtq-qatar/
- Published: 2022-11-20T14:00:24.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-20T12:57:00.000Z
- Description: On Sunday November 20, the day that the FIFA World Cup was due to kick off in Qatar, Joe Lycett shredded David Beckham’s reputation as an LGBTQ+ ally alongside £10,000 of his own money live on Benderslikebeckham.com
- Author: Catherine Muxworthy
- Tags: News, David Beckham, Joe Lycett, Qatar, Qatar 2022, World Cup, World Cup 2022

At **12pm** on **Sunday November 20**, the day that the **FIFA World Cup** was due to kick off in Qatar, **Joe Lycett** shredded **David Beckham**’s reputation as an LGBTQ+ ally alongside £10,000 of his own money live on **Benderslikebeckham.com**, dressed in a ruffled, rainbow outfit. The comedian makes no comment in the video, but simply curtsies and steps out of shot.

A week before the World Cup was due to kick off in Qatar, comedian Joe Lycett issued an ultimatum to David Beckham, asking him to pull out of his reported £10 million contract with Qatar, or donate his fee as an ambassador, due to the country’s poor human rights record including the treatment and persecution of LGBTQ+ citizens. If Beckham ignored this plea, then Lycett threatened to shred £10,000 of his own money, instead of donating it to charity.

> “A platform for progress” [pic.twitter.com/EeMelv01nu](https://t.co/EeMelv01nu?ref=scenemag.co.uk)  
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> — Joe Lycett (@joelycett) [November 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/joelycett/status/1594302742847426562?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=scenemag.co.uk)

David Beckham has stayed quiet on the matter, going ahead with a speech at the ‘Generation Amazing’ youth festival in Doha, in which he said: “Dream can come true. That is why you are here. You share Generation Amazing’s twin passions for the game of football and for making the world a more tolerant and inclusive place,” seemingly ignoring Qatar’s record regarding migrant labour, human rights, and anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

When Lycett shared the video of himself shredding the money on Twitter, he simply captioned it with “A platform for progress”, a line which featured in David Beckham’s speech in Qatar.

While many people online seemed to miss the point of this stunt – suggesting that it was a waste of money – others commended him for making a powerful statement with some even suggesting that the now shredded money could be made into a piece of art by an artist like **Nathan Wyburn** – who is known for creating collages from unusual medium – and sold at auction for charity instead.

Joe Lycett has yet to make any statement regarding the result of this stunt; however, it is David Beckham’s silence when questioned about his relationship with the anti-LGBTQ+ country of Qatar that is truly deafening.