Have I Got News For You host Gary Neville was slammed by regular panellist Ian Hislop during Friday’s night’s edition of the popular BBC show for his decision to work as a pundit at the World Cup in Qatar, despite his criticisms of the Arab country.
Neville was chosen to take the chair in the seventh episode of the latest series, but was on the receiving end of Hislop’s ire when talk turned to the World Cup, with fellow panellist Richard Madeley the first to have a dig at celebrities “going over there for huge cheques”, citing the likes of Robbie Williams and The Black Eyed Peas, who are going there to perform, calling their decisions to do so “extraordinary”.
But Neville was soon to be the target of Hislop’s wrath after asking him, “Ian, is it coming home?”, to which Hislop replied: “What, your reputation?”, to cheers from the audience.
