Alan Sugar has deleted a controversial tweet after accusations he was sharing "fake" and "dangerous" information.
Lord Sugar, 73, came under fire after he shared a message claiming to be from a Japanese Professor named Dr Tasuku Honjo suggesting Covid-19 did not occur naturally or come from bats but was manufactured in a laboratory, The Mirror reports.
Many accused him of promoting "fake news" and it promoted a defiant response from the businessman, who tweeted: "I just passed it on. I didn't write it".
He then added: "Looks like, to quite [quote] Donald Trump that was fake news..."
Lord Sugar has now deleted the message.
The tweet he shared featured bogus claims suggesting the virus was manufactured in China.
It has been circulating the Internet in various forms over the past few weeks, prompting the real Dr Honjo to blast trolls for using his name to spread false information.
