Soccer star Jamie Carragher has been ditched as the face of a top cancer charity after attacking a former friend in a street brawl.
The Liverpool and England defender was set to head a new campaign for the World Cancer Research Fund.
But he was dumped when charity bosses ruled his fiery temper made him a bad role model for children.
The cancer fund was due to reveal a new comic strip called the Great Grub Club, which teaches children about healthy eating.
Carragher, 30, was shown as a cartoon character telling kids that if he didn't have a healthy diet he would "only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley".
The player was arrested after a bust-up with an ex-friend outside his son's school last month. He was given a police caution for assault and was fined £40,000 by his club.
A source close to Carragher said he was "gutted", adding: "Jamie can be hot-headed but his heart's in the right place. He feels strongly about helping the fight against cancer."
The comic, due to be handed out in schools across the country, was dropped after talks with Carragher's agent days after his arrest.
The move is thought to have cost the charity thousands of pounds.
A spokesman for the World Cancer Research Fund said: "We have decided not to go ahead with the cartoon at the moment."
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