Charlie Brooker: 'I enjoy showing off'

Charlie Brooker has revealed that he has struggled to deal with the paparazzi since his celebrity status has risen, along with his marriage to Konnie Huq.

Speaking to GQ about their private lives, he said: "We're not the sort of people to pose on red carpets. We walked out of the house the other day and there were some paps trying to get a photo of Konnie's ring and my initial reaction was to give them the finger and shout f**k off, which is actually probably counterproductive.

"It's nobody's business. It would drive me mad. It's bad enough when you are trying to have a p*ss and someone is staring at the end of your penis without having the press delving into your marriage."

The presenter added that he enjoys having a new band of fans since the success of Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching.

He said: "I'm not a performer but I do enjoy the showing-off. I simply don't go out very much so I'm not really exposed to people coming up and talking to me. If I go somewhere like the Edinburgh Festival, because you've got comedy fans hanging around the fringe and often drinking, people feel they can come up to me because they think they know my personality. Unlike, say, an actor."

Brooker has recently released a new version of his satirical book TV Go Home.