Joe Lycett’s Birmingham dream about David Beckham
Joe Lycett has been discussing his David Beckham World Cup prank ahead of his Friday night show launching live from Birmingham on Channel 4 this week
Joe Lycett has given a rather unusual - but hilarious - update on his David Beckham World Cup prank.
Thousands watched in wonder when the Birmingham comedian seemingly shredded £10,000 of his own money when the England football hero ignored Lycett’s challege for him to drop his controversial deal as ambassador for the Qatar World Cup tournament.
Lycett opposed the tournament being held in Qatar due to the country’s human rights and LGBTQ+ issues. He publicly announced that he would donate the money to charities that support gay people in football if the former England captain withdrew - but the former England captain ignored him.
Lycett didn’t really shred his cash - even though he filmed himself chucking the money into a giant machine. He later revealed that the money had already been donated to LGBTQ+ charities. But since then he’s had a rather unusual dream about Beckham being in Birmingham.
What is Joe Lycett’s dream about Beckham and Birmingham?
Lycett has spoken about his
In an interview with TV Mag (Via The Sun), Lycett said: “I dream that he’s with Victoria and they’re on the escalator in the Birmingham Bullring. She gives me short shrift and he says something like: ‘We need to go away now.’
“I heard from his people and the statement we had on our show, Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back, at Christmas, but I’ve not heard anymore from him.
“I thought we would get a bit of press because it was deliberately designed to get press, but I was surprised that it was news globally.
“We were on Brazilian telly, CNN ran with it and The Hollywood Reporter - it just became ridiculous. But it was amazing and great that we’d managed to raise the level of awareness that we did with that stunt.”