Gary Lineker dubs Elon Musk ‘strange chap’ amid Twitter takeover

Football pundit Gary Lineker, 61, spoke openly on The News Agents podcast where he said that Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could have a negative impact as he drew attention to the fine line between freedom of speech and hate speech. The Match of the Day presenter said that the CEO of Tesla Motors needs to be very careful before saying that in his opinion Elon, 51, isn’t that good at Twitter anyway.’He is kind of a strange chap,’ Gary started by saying to podcast presenters Lewis Goodall and Emily Maitlis.’If you are going to spend 40 odd billion on Twitter you ought to be really good at tweeting but I have not been overly impressed so far.’Chuckling to himself, Gary went on to say that he was unsure if the policy of paying $8 a month (£7) for individuals to keep their blue tick was ‘actually going to be a thing’.Seemingly unbothered about keeping his verified blue tick or not, Emily then posed the question to Gary if he thinks that Twitter will change at all under the control of Elon.READ MORE: Michael Douglas is unrecognisable as he unveils new long, dyed hair Gary Lineker called Elon Musk strange after giving him warning over Twitter changes (Image: GETTY)To which Gary replied: ‘I think he needs to be very careful because there is a big difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.’I think you need to differentiate between the two.’You can’t just let people say and do whatever they want, that is dangerous isn’t it?’Gary’s hesitancy towards Elon comes after the multi-billionaire has dissolved Twitter’s board of directors, making him chief executive of three companies alongside Tesla and SpaceX.DON’T MISS…Amanda Owen spills her ways of keeping food costs down with 9 kids [INSIGHT]James Jordan admits ‘everyone thinks I’m mad’ in moving out update after homeless struggle [CELEBRITY NEWS]Rita Ora barely covers her modesty at Jonathan Ross’ Halloween party [PICS] Elon Musk said he is aiming to make Twitter a free speech haven (Image: GETTY) Gary Lineker said Elon Musk needs to be careful about letting people say whatever they want (Image: GETTY) Elon Musk gave Twitter followers an insight into his plans for Twitter (Image: TWITTER)’Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.’To get over the issue about whether a public figures account is legitimately theirs, Elon has come up with a solution, which he also shared with his followers.He wrote: ‘There will be a secondary tag below the name for someone who is a public figure, which is already the case for politicians.’A clip from Gary’s interview was posted on social media site TikTok, where it gained a lot of attention, some agreeing with the star and others not so much.One user, Neil Coleman Art, wrote: ‘Bore off Gary.’While another, Richy Rich added: ‘Stick to football Gaz.’