BBC's 'The Apprentice' Star Under Fire for "Racist" World Cup Tweet

5:33 AM PDT 6/20/2018 by Alex Ritman

Billionaire Alan Sugar compared the Senegalese soccer team to sellers "from the beach in Marbella."

Alan Sugar, the star of the BBC’s British version of The Apprentice, has been widely criticized for a tweet that compared Senegal’s World Cup soccer team to sellers “from the beach in Marbella.”

He posted a picture of the team from their opening match against Poland on Tuesday together with pictures of sunglasses and handbags.

This is what Alan Sugar just tweeted and deleted pic.twitter.com/wgHP98VmZE

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