Controversial 5FM radio personality Gareth Cliff spent several minutes in jail after he was caught speeding in Pretoria on Tuesday night.

“I spent a couple of minutes behind bars, like a bad ass... but I was glad to be back home,” Cliff told Talk Radio 702 on Wednesday morning.

He said he was returning home after filming his reality television show Idols in Durban.

“You know how it is, you just want to get home because you're exhausted, and before you know it there are blue (police) lights.”

Gauteng traffic police spokeswoman Busaphi Nxumalo said on Tuesday that Cliff was arrested after being caught driving 182km/h in a 120km/h zone on the R21 in Lyttelton.