Lineker single since 2016
Gary Lineker has been single since 2016 and says he is now completely comfortable living alone with his dog.
Snapshot · 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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Jun 8, 2026
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Bachelorhood, Romance and Life Alone
At 1:07:00 · chapter starts 1:04:30
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.
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