BBC star Gary Lineker flaunts his £1.8MILLION lifestyle paid for by you with sun-soaked Instagram posts revealing beaches, fine wine and Monte Carlo
WHILE laughing off his gargantuan £1.8m BBC salary amid fury from licence fee payers - this is how Gary Lineker spends your money.
Boastful snaps show Lineker posing on rooftop pool at a £1,000-a-night hotel, hanging out in millionaires' playground The Hamptons and drinking £370 bottles of fine wine.
The jet-setting Match of the Day presenter isn't shy about showing people how he spends his money and the life of luxury he enjoys.
The former England star has been quick to mock concerns over his salary, revealed earlier this week as the BBC published the earnings of its highest-paid stars.
Lineker was second on the list - his pay packet the equivalent of 12,500 licence fees or the salaries of 68 NHS nurses.
But the 56-year-old's response to the revelations was to tweet: "This whole BBC salary exposure is an absolute outrage... I mean, how can Chris Evans be on more than me?"
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Lineker has been lapping up the sunshine this summer, posting pictures from the swanky rooftop pool of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverley Hills, where suites cost between £1,000 and £2,600 a night.
Other Instagram snaps have showed him holidaying in The Hamptons, a coastal Millionaires' row famed for attracting New York's wealthiest residents.
The former England striker has also enjoyed breaks in Malibu, Cape Town, Barcelona, LA and the south of France in the last 18 months.
Even when in the UK, Lineker's Instagram account is regularly padded out with narcissistic shots of expensive bottles of wine and meals at some of the country's most expensive restaurants.
A rough calculation suggests Lineker pocketed around £18,000-an-hour for his screen time on the BBC last year.
He presented Match of the Day as well as the Euro 2016 championships, FA Cup matches and Sports Personality of the Year and a guest appearance on Have I Got News For You.
Lineker was directly attacked by some on Twitter in response to his flippant rejection of question marks over his wages.
One wrote: "So out of touch, it's scary. We pay him - why can't we sack him?"
Another tweeted: "Yeah, make a joke of it, Gary. You're so out of touch with reality, it's frightening.
Lineker's agent Jon Holmes sparked further controversy by suggesting women agents were to blame for a gender pay gap which sees female stars paid less than men.
He said: "I can only speak for sport but it is a gross failure for an agent if their clients are doing the same job (as men) on less money.
"The broadcaster is to blame too, they should pay them the same money.
"Maybe women feel happier being represented by women and women are not as tough but I have found women very tough negotiators and vowed never to buy a house off a woman.
"At the end of the day it's up to people to negotiate and for the negotiators to push for what they are worth."