Gary Lineker celebrates his 60th birthday with a cake shaped like a bag of Walkers salt and vinegar crisps in honour of his 25-YEAR partnership with the snack brand
He is celebrating his 60th birthday with loved ones.
And Gary Lineker has shared a snap of his amazing, and very unusual, salt and vinegar Walkers-shaped birthday cake.
The Match Of The Day presenter has been promoting the snack brand for more than 25 years – with the cake honouring his milestone birthday inspired by his long-term partnership with the company.
Crisps or cake? Gary Lineker has shared a snap of his amazing Salt and Vinegar Walkers-shaped birthday cake
The cake looks almost too real to eat, with the main cake taking the shape of the green Walkers grab bag.
Gary’s sons George, Harry, Tobias and Angus sent him the cake, which looked like crisps were spilling out of the top with pieces of icing.
The presenter will continue promoting Walkers until 2023 at least after signing a deal to remain the face of the crisp brand last month.
The cake is further decorated with pictures of a football and a Leicester City and FC Barcelona shirts, two of the teams which the former England striker has previously played for.
Face of Walkers: The Match Of The Day presenter has been promoting the snack brand for more than 25 years
The football star recently spoke very candidly about his personal life, saying that he’s ‘very single’ and joking the only people ‘sliding into his DMs are making charity requests’.
He also revealed that he once tried Botox but ‘absolutely hated it’ in an interview with The Sun.
Although being single since splitting from second wife Danielle in 2016, Gary explained that he’s not been looking for love during lockdown.
Football and Walkers: The cake, a gift from Gary’s sons George, Harry, Tobias and Angus, also featured pictures of Leicester City and FC Barcelona football shirts
Gary said: ‘Yes, I’m very single, especially in lockdown. Even the sight of a female is very rare.
‘I’ve had lots of people sliding into my DMs but it’s normally requests for plugging their book or their charity. I’m nearly 60! Who’s going to slide into my DMs?’
The TV presenter explained how his sons told him dating is done by sending private messages on social media now, but he isn’t convinced it will work for him.
Gary has been single since splitting from Danielle in 2016. He was also married to Michelle Cockayne and they share four adult sons: George, Harry, Tobias and Angus.
Also in the telling chat, Gary discussed having Botox in the past although he did not divulge when he had the cosmetic treatment.
Gary said: ‘I did try Botox once. I absolutely hated it. I’m quite expressive, then all of a sudden I couldn’t move.’
He added that he wasn’t forced into the decision and spent months feeling self conscious afterwards.
Not dating: The presenter, 59, said ‘even the sight of a female is very rare’ in lockdown and he has been single since splitting from his wife Danielle in 2016 (pictured together 2015)