Lily Allen ’s reaction to England losing to Spain in the Euro 2024 final has left people scratching their heads. On Sunday night (July 14), Gareth Southgate ’s squad were defeated 2-1 as the nail-biting final took place at Olympiastadion in Berlin. As to be expected, an outpouring of emotion followed, with celebs such as Olly Murs crying in the stands , while Jeremy Clarkson went to the extreme lengths of immediately throwing his England bunting in the bin.
Lily, however, had a more unusual – somewhat controversial – response. Taking to X, the Smile hitmaker, 37, shared an AI-generated image of a group of middle-aged, bald men sitting in the rain, crying, wearing Union Jack underpants. They had Union Jack flags wrapped around them and pints of beer in their hands, while a sea of Union Jack umbrellas could be seen in the background.
Lily shared the image with her 4.9million followers and less than 24 hours after the match, it had already been viewed eight million times. The LDN singer’s tweet has rubbed many people up the wrong way, though, as they’ve accused her of being ‘anti-working class’ and ‘detesting’ her own country.
Several fans were also perplexed at the flag choice, given that it was a United Kingdom flag, not an English one. Replying, X user Lara_Flyingminx wrote: ‘Why do you despise the working class?’ When trevtheshed19 responded to the above tweet, asking: ‘Why do you see a large, bald, white male and assume working class?’, they replied: ‘The image is a montage of cliches about the angry, white, middle aged, working class, beer drinking, overweight football supporter. Traditionally working class.
’ In a lengthy response, SecEnlightUK began: ‘Not quite sure what your point is here. ‘Firstly as you’re using the Union flag and not the cross of St George I assume you’re stereotyping the Scottish and Welsh as well? Secondly, football is one of the few things nowadays that unites us. It transcends class, race and politics.
’ They added that ‘Southgate’s team have given many of us not just a belief in the great game but have been a mirror to our society and a reflection of our values.’ They urged Lily to ‘just celebrate something that unites us and a team that did us proud by getting to the final and losing to the better team on the night.’ Others had more sarcastic responses, with LeanneSpurs writing: ‘Wrong flag, sweetie.
’ ‘Your dad literally made a song for the English football team’, wrote Cryptofactor2. Indeed, Lily’s father , Keith Allen, and his band, Fat Les, released Vindaloo in 1998 for the FIFA World Cup, with comedian Keith being the writer behind the lyrics. Although, Lily has a reputation in the industry for her sass and is no stranger to a showbiz feud.
Recently, she revealed on her podcast that she once went to extreme lengths for petty revenge on a rival , stitching them up at an awards show after they made snide comments about Lily working with their boyfriend. FOOTBALL IS COMING HOME ð¬ð§ She’s also had beef with the likes of Piers Morgan and Katie Hopkins in the past. Although, she’s not the only one to fall victim to some savage trolling after the Euros.
Following the release of her divisive new single, Woman’s World , Katy Perry suffered another blunder when she tweeted, ‘FOOTBALL IS COMING HOME’ hours before kick-off. Keir Starmer responds to calls for bank holiday if England win Euro 2024 England suffer Euro 2024 final heartbreak with late defeat to Spain Spanish star forced to miss celebrations after mocking Saka Gareth Southgate reveals key mistake England made in Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain All well and good, however, the issue came with the flag emoji she used for her post, as she also used the Union Jack, rather than St George’s Cross for England. It didn’t take long for fans to educate her, with some even branding her ‘pathetic’ for ‘latching onto trends’ by tweeting about the football.
Oh dear. Hopefully, by the next tournament, we’ll all have been to emoji school to prevent any mix-ups..
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