Quote · The Louis Theroux Podcast
S8 EP1: Gary Lineker on England’s losing streak, leaving the BBC, and his frosty relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo
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Bachelorhood, Romance and Life Alone
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Theroux asks about life as a bachelor and Lineker is disarmingly candid. He's been single since 2016 — around a decade — and describes himself as 'completely happy on my own' and 'slightly selfish but unanswerable to anyone.' He lives in a large house with a dog, his boys visit regularly, and Theroux paints the image of him wandering room to room like Bonnie Tyler in Total Eclipse of the Heart. On romance, Lineker is philosophical: he can't quite imagine living with someone again, though he hedges that 'you never know.' On physical needs: 'you get to a certain age where it's so much effort.' He declines to specify a figure for the reported 50,000 tweets he sent over 12 years on Twitter, and deflects Theroux's hints about the celebrity dating app Raya with cheerful firmness.
Gary Lineker has been single since 2016 and says he is now completely comfortable living alone with his dog.
