David Beckham defends his Qatar ambassador role at the 2022 World Cup despite LGBTQ+ rights criticism.
David Beckham says he is still ‘proud’ of having been ambassador for the Qatar World Cup despite major backlash and concern for LGBT rights Now David has defended the position, and claims he was told by members of the LGBTQ community that they felt safer in Qatar than they did at any other
‘They felt it was the safest World Cup they’d had for a long time. So no, at the end of the day it was an important competition and one I was proud to be part of.’ David suffered backlash for the deal with Qatar after he had been regarded as a gay icon and ally for showing support to the community for decades.His explanation and claims that gay people felt safe in Qatar has revived the conversation, with one Twitter – aka X – user writing: ‘At the end of the day he’s profited off the gay community for years, many football clubs regularly sell pride kits support pride etc.
It was revealed however, that Joe did give the money to LGBT charities, and what he had shredded instead was David’s iconic gay cover for gay lifestyle magazine Attitude.David made the comments at the premiere of new documentary Beckham, with his wife Victoria and children also attending
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