fˈɑːɡɑːɹɾi wʌz nˈɛvɚɹ ɐ pˈɜːsən tə stɹˈeɪ ɐwˈeɪ fɹʌm kˈɑːntɹəvˌɜːsi ɪnðə dˌʌbəljˌuːˌɛsbˈiː pˈædək, ænd ˈiːvən ɪn ɹᵻtˈaɪɚmənt, hiː fɹˈiːkwəntli vˈɔɪsᵻz hɪz əpˈɪniən mˈoʊst ˈɔfən ɪnðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ mˈoʊɾɚsˌaɪkəl nˈuːzpeɪpɚɹ ˌɛmsˌiːˈɛn ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː ˈɔfən bᵻɹˈeɪts pˈæst ɹˈaɪvəlz sˈʌtʃ ɐz tɹˈɔɪ kˈɔːɹsɚ ænd nˈiːl hˈɑːdʒsən.
Fogarty was never a person to stray away from controversy in the WSB paddock, and even in retirement, he frequently voices his opinion (most often in the British motorcycle newspaper MCN) in which he often berates past rivals such as Troy Corser and Neil Hodgson.