The little I saw of him was deeply, deeply unfunny. But as you say people liked him. But to quote Peep Show; "People listen to Coldplay and voted for Hitler" :)
Not going to comment on his involvement in this case but having never seen anything he did before with the exception of a couple of episodes of that game show he did, I saw him on celebrity big brother some years ago. What a vile man. I don't think I've ever seen anyone behaving quite so...