Gary Lineker, 64, and Wayne Lineker, 63, appear to end 17-year ‘feud’ as they party alongside one another at family wedding
Gary Lineker and his brother Wayne have reunited at a family wedding in Ibiza, appearing to end their 17-year feud with scenes of the pair drinking and celebrating together.
The brothers were filmed at Gary’s son Harry’s wedding to fiancée Annabelle over the weekend, marking a significant reconciliation after years of estrangement.
Videos shared on social media by Gary’s son George showed both brothers in high spirits as they joined the festivities.
The former Match of the Day presenter, 64, and his entrepreneur brother Wayne, 62, were captured having alcohol poured directly into their mouths from bottles during the raucous celebrations.
The reunion comes after a bitter falling-out that began in 2008, which Wayne previously blamed on issues involving Gary’s ex-wife Danielle Bux.
The entrepreneur appeared to give his sibling a smile as they celebrated the happy couple.
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There was no sign of any issues between them as they toasted Harry and Annabelle, with the former Match of the Day presenter looking relaxed on the White Island.
The brothers didn’t let their differences show as they got the party started at the sun-soaked celebration.
The feud between the Lineker brothers dates back to 2008, when Gary started seeing Danielle Bux and brought her on holiday to Ibiza.
Wayne has consistently blamed Danielle for the breakdown of their relationship.
“In my opinion, Danielle cost me my relationship with my brother. Sadly, Gary is no longer a part of my life,” Wayne told The Sun in April 2015.
He described their first meeting as particularly awkward, saying: “They came to Ibiza in August 2008 and it was really awkward. I didn’t spark with Danielle and our relationship was cold.”
Wayne claimed that Danielle stayed in her room on the first day, and they did not speak to one another during a night out the following night.
Gary married Danielle in 2009 but divorced her in 2016.
Wayne was left confused when their weekly phone conversations and home visits ended abruptly, but he blamed it on the frosty first encounter with Danielle.
Despite being the best man at Gary’s first wedding to ex-wife Michelle Cockayne in 1986, Wayne was conspicuously absent from Gary’s second wedding to Danielle.
The club owner refused to attend because Gary told him he couldn’t bring his then-girlfriend, model Ana Tanaka, despite them being together for 18 months.
“He was my brother, and he was telling me that I couldn’t bring my girlfriend of a year and a half to his wedding. She was a lovely, polite girl, and not a five-minute girlfriend,” Wayne argued.
Wayne’s attempts to reconcile failed, with an awkward call on Gary’s 50th birthday lasting less than a minute, however, signs of reconciliation began to emerge in 2017 when Wayne revealed that communication had resumed between the siblings.
“We talk now. We are not how we were years and years ago, but we speak more now,” Wayne told The Sunday Mirror. “We are slowly getting there. It’s important. He’s my brother. We were so close. We used to play golf twice a week, go to each other’s houses and speak every day on the phone.”