Joe Lycett admits nerves ahead of David Beckham stunt in show preview

At the beginning of this year's World Cup, Lycett alleged destroyed £10,000 in a headline-grabbing stunt to highlight the controversies surrounding Qatar hosting this year's competition, specifically regarding the LGBTQ+ community, and gave well-known footballing legend David Beckham an ultimatum.

The Got Your Back special clip shows that although Lycett is known to many as a confident figure, he was actually nervous in the lead up to the event.

In the clip from Rumpus Media, he is seen filming the ultimatum intended for Beckham. He says: I'm giving you a choice, if you end your relationship with Qatar, I'll donate this 10 grand of my own money – that's a grand for every million you're reportedly getting – to charities that support queer people in football.

"However, if you do not, at midday next Sunday, I'll throw this money into a shredder just before the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and stream it live on a website I've registered called BendersLikeBeckham.com. The choice is yours. I look forward to hearing from you."

After filming the short segment, he goes on to look down and admit: "Do you know what? I realised I think why I feel nervous and it's because it matters to me ... like this ... yeah, it really directly affects me, what happens here.

"It doesn't look like that much really when ... all things considered. It's a lot though, it's a lot when it's going through a shredder."

Watch the exclusive clip below.

While many people at the time took to social media to share their distress at the prospect of all of that money being shredded, Lycett assured the public, after the stunt, that it was indeed fake.

Tonight's special episode will explore just how the well-known comedian locked horns with one of the world's most famous footballers, the "true cost" of the World Cup and also how he "brought the good fight to one of the UK's biggest sellers of Christmas cards".

Joe Lycett vs David Beckham: A Got Your Back Christmas Special airs tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm.

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