Oh, it's more personal experience than anything. Back in my stand-up days, I gigged with him two or three times. Even though he was pretty much starting out, he already had a very unappealing arrogance about him. And his act didn't really do it for me. Since then, I've been largely successful in avoiding him whenever he's come on telly. I don't tend to watch things he's in anyway, so it's not really been a problem. But just the sound of his smug, whiny voice is enough to make me change stations on the radio. I think he's the only castaway I've actively avoided listening to on Desert Island Discs. I've also heard stuff about him offstage, which I can't really remember very well -- just petty stuff really about how generally pleased with himself he is and also some murky stuff about how he goes about acquiring his material -- which hasn't exactly changed my general impression of him.
