 In August 2008 complaints were received about comments he made regarding British Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington on "Mock the Week", saying that she "looks like someone who's looking at themselves in the back of a spoon".The BBC ruled that the jokes were indeed "humiliating" and "risked offending the audience", while also calling Boyle "a brilliant member of the team".Many members of the public liken him to a bully who takes pleasure in being cruel to people.