Jeremy Paxman has said he doesn't watch Newsnight, preferring to go to bed and read a book.

Paxman, who left the BBC Two flagship programme after 25 years last summer, also declined to be "rude" about Andrew Marr after he was labelled a "genuinely tortured, angry individual".

Shortly after leaving Newsnight, to be replaced by Evan Davis, Paxman said that Newsnight is "made by 13-year-olds".