Who is David Icke? Know all about him and his conspiracy theories here!

 

David Icke is a former English football player. He is also a conspiracy theorist who has been making claims of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories on social media. It has reached the extent that the social media platforms had to ban him from using the platform. Let us take a look at the various theories of this broadcaster who claims that he is the son of God and that the world is run by reptiles.

David Icke and his claims

The English former footballer, David Icke, 68 hails from Leicester. He has penned several books and is also into sports broadcasting. But with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, his fame or rather notoriety reached extreme heights. He started promoting several unproven conspiracy theories around the pandemic and also went on to correlate the rollout of 5G mobile network with it. He kept uploading on his YouTube channel and Facebook unsubstantiated claims of coronavirus being an act of conspiracy. He said that 5G mobile network was a means to control people and make them puppets of the political system. This led to attacks on 5G mast erection in the UK.

David Icke [Source: BBC]

He has been spreading so much of misinformation on the deadly virus and pandemic that Facebook and YouTube channels banned his content on their social media platforms. But he continued his rant on Twitter and Instagram. And now Twitter has also suspended his account permanently since it violated their rules related to covid-19 misinformation.

David and his early life and career

Born in 1952, David is from Leicester. He was not good in studies and started his goalkeeping career at the Coventry City in 1967. He was in their youth team. For some time, he was with the Oxford United's reserve team, Hereford United, and Northampton Town. But he developed arthritis and was forced to quit the game in 1973 when he was just 21 years of age.

David Icke [Source: DW]

David then switched to sports reporting and presenting. He started working for the Leicester Advertiser and later at the BBC and also at Newsnight and in 1983 was the co-host for its sports show Grandstand. He refused to pay the poll tax and the national broadcaster fired him in 1990. The next year, he resigned from the Green Party.

The visit to the psychic

The resignation from the Green Party followed his visit to a psychic who told him that he was on this Earth for a purpose. The psychic told him that he will get messages soon from the spirit world. This opened Pandora’s box for him and after that, there was no end to his gibberish and nonsensical talk. He declared himself as the new messiah. When people laughed, he said:

"2,000 years ago, had a guy called Jesus sat here and said the same thing you would still be laughing,"

"People would have said the same about Jesus. ‘Who the heck are you? You're a carpenter's son'."

David Icke [Source: BBC]

David also started writing books on his ‘prophetic’ visions. He said that the world would end in 1997 but it did not end. He says that climate change is a hoax, that the Royal family is of reptiles, and 9/11 was an inside job. But despite all the weird talks, he has a great fan following. He has personal speeches scheduled for this year. And despite people laughing at him, he has not ceased and continues with the propagation of his conspiracy theories.