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Fatboy Slim has shown his support for Gary Lineker in a unique way.

The acclaimed DJ, real name Normal Quentin Cook, was performing a major gig in Manchester on Friday night when he used the opportunity to air his ‘respect’ for the pundit.

Lineker is embroiled in a row with the BBC over impartiality after he compared the UK government’s language around migrants to the language used in 1930s Germany.

It was confirmed on Friday that Lineker would ‘step back’ from presenting the BBC show Match Of The Day ‘until an agreement is reached on his social media use.’

A string of pundits refused to appear on the show as a result, with the network now confirming the show would ‘focus on match action without presentation or punditry.’

Now Slim has also shown he is on Lineker’s side as he got audiences to applaud in solidarity with the sports broadcaster.

Lineker’s face was beamed on stage during the gig (Picture: Fatboy Slim/ Twitter)

It comes after Match of the Day was confirmed to have no pundits this weekend as many chose not to appear in support of Lineker (Picture: Getty)

During a gig at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, Lineker’s face was beamed on stage as part of the visual effects used throughout the gig.

As his face appeared, Slim turned his back on the audience to applaud, urging the crowd to do the same, with audience members erupting in cheers.

Other famous faces including the likes of Prince and Greta Thunberg were also broadcast on stage at different parts of the night.

Slim is one of many famous faces who have rallied behind Lineker (Picture: Rex/Shutterstock)

Enough respect #ImWithGary @GaryLineker pic.twitter.com/fvQCLGtbdx— Fatboy Slim (@FatboySlim) March 10, 2023

Slim later took to Twitter where he shared a clip of the moment, writing in the caption: ‘Enough respect #ImWithGary.’

The BBC have said Lineker, who is a freelance employee who has hosted MOTD since 1999, must ‘keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies’ as the network must remain impartial.

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Lineker had responded to a video by Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Twitter in which she called to ‘stop the boats’ with a new Illegal Migration Bill earlier this week, leading to a major row about freedom of speech and impartiality.

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He called the video an ‘immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.’

Lineker was previously found to have broken the broadcaster’s impartiality rules last year with a tweet about Liz Truss and the Conservative Party.

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Una Healy has revealed she is single after reportedly being in a three-way relationship with David Haye and Sian Osborne (Picture: Instagram)

Una Healy is officially single after supposedly being in a ‘throuple’ with boxer David Haye and Sian Osborne.

The former Saturdays singer, 41, first became romantically linked to the couple earlier this year after she was photographed enjoying a holiday to Marrakech, Morocco with them.

And while none of the three officially addressed the rumours, David, 42, appeared to confirm their relationship on Valentine’s Day in a fiery Instagram tribute post. as he paid tribute to the ‘Queens’ in his life.

However, the romance was not to last, as Una confirmed that she’s now going it alone and focussing on parenting her two children, whom she shares with her ex-husband, Ben Foden, 37.

She revealed: ‘I am single and raising my two children, just like many other single parents – both men and women – doing a great job. I am a single parent. I don’t like the term single mother as it has negative connotations.

The trio had been pictured getting close on sunkissed holidays (Picture: @davidhaye/Instagram)

David wrote shared a passionate Valentine’s Day tribute about Una on Instagram (Picture: @davidhaye)

‘You can’t do it all by yourself. There is no shame in asking for help, be that from childcare, family or friends.’

Una continued to The Irish Mirror: ‘I am often asked how I juggle it all as a single parent but men aren’t asked that.

‘In fact, I can never remember a time when I heard a man being asked how he juggles it all. Mothers don’t have a choice if they are single – you just get on with it.’

Una has since removed all traces of Sian and David from her Instagram page (Picture: Instagram)

Una’s announcement comes two weeks after she deleted all traces of the boxer and his girlfriend, 31, from her social media accounts following reports they had parted ways.

A source previously told The Sun: ‘Una is taking time out from the situation because it is a bit of a head spin. Her kids are always her number one priority.

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‘There are complicated feelings at play, with [David and Sian] being away together without her. So Una is just focusing on herself and her family.’

The star was still sharing cosy snaps with the boxer as recently as last Wednesday when she pressed send on a post that pictured the pair cuddling together on a beach with the caption: ‘It was me and him x [sic]’.

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