EmailNot content with stepping in to back Russell Brand's criticism of the political process, Jeremy Paxman has blasted TV newsreaders who appear on Strictly Come Dancing. Speaking to Radio 2's Steve Wright in an interview ahead of Children in Need, Paxman said: "I will pay good money not to watch newsreaders making twats of themselves. I don't understand why they want to do it." Revealing that he had been approached twice to take part in Strictly, he added: "You want your head examined to do that." Monkey is guessing that Paxo didn't phone in to vote for Bill Turnbull or John Sergeant, and isn't rooting for current contestant Susanna Reid. Indeed, the increasingly curmudgeonly Newsnight host revealed he didn't watch much TV: "The great discovery is, I think, the off button."
Jeremy Paxman: not likely to be stepping out in Strictly Come Dancing any time soon. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
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