A Ribble Valley actor shared his honest opinion on the Gary Lineker tweet row, at last night’s Oscars.

Appearing on a Good Morning Britain segment, which aired this morning (March 13), Lucien Laviscount, who grew up in Read, was asked for his thoughts on the Lineker and BBC row.

In a short but very honest response, the former Ribblesdale High School pupil said ‘f*** the Tories’, showing his middle finger to the camera.

Lucien, who stars in Netflix show Emily in Paris, isn’t the only celebrity to have weighed in on the issue with Gary Neville and Ian Wright also jumping to the support of the sports broadcaster.

Earlier this month, Lineker became embroiled in a row over impartiality after criticising the Government’s Illegal Immigration Bill in a post on Twitter.

He wrote on Twitter about a Home Office video in which Ms Braverman unveiled the Government’s plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel on small boats and said the UK is being “overwhelmed”.

The ex-England striker wrote: “There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.

“This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the ’30s.”

In response, Ms Braverman told ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB) she was “very disappointed” by his comments.

She added: “Equating our measures – which are lawful, necessary and fundamentally compassionate – to 1930s Germany is irresponsible and I disagree with that characterisation.”

A host of sports presenters and pundits pulled out of BBC shows at the weekend after the former England striker was told to step back from hosting Match Of The Day.

It has since been announced that Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker will continue as a BBC presenter after the corporation apologised for a “difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters, and most importantly, our audiences”.

BBC Director-General Tim Davie confirmed Lineker will continue as the host of Match Of The Day, saying: “Everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences. I apologise for this.

“The potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC’s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. I want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air.”

In a statement issued on Twitter, Lineker described the past few days as “surreal”, and thanked his fellow BBC Sport colleagues for their “remarkable show of solidarity”.

He also appeared to address the issue of migration again, saying his difficult weekend “doesn’t compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away”.

“We remain a country of predominantly tolerant, welcoming and generous people. Thank you,” he said.