Controversy erupted when he was questioned about his Telegraph fee on BBC's HARDtalk; here, he referred to the £250,000 as "chicken feed", something that was widely condemned given that this was roughly 10 times the average yearly wage for a British worker.
当他做客BBC的《HARD谈（英语：HARDtalk）》节目被问及《每日电讯报》薪酬时，争论爆发了；他把25万英镑称为“鸡饲料”，被广泛谴责，因为这大约是英国工人平均年工资的十倍。