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“Well, you go ahead,” Paxman said in return.

“Well, no, I don’t believe in violence,” Lord Black responded.

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Lord Black was sentenced to jail in 2007 after a four-month trial ended in his conviction related to his business dealings at the helm of newspaper giant Hollinger Inc.

He appealed the ruling and had two fraud counts thrown out and his sentence reduced to 42 months.

During the interview, Paxman also referred to Lord Black’s wife, journalist Barbara Amiel, as an “extravagant wife” to which Lord Black responded: “I think I am going to throw up.”

“In my first morning back in Britain, am I to be subjected to this?” he asked, adding “she wasn’t extravagant, she’s a magnificent wife, she visited me every week in prison.”

You’re a priggish, gullible British fool who takes seriously this ghastly American justice system

Lord Black, a British citizen, returned to Canada in May after serving more than three years in a Florida prison. He is in the U.K. for a series of interviews for his book A Matter of Principle, which outlines his battle with the U.S. justice system.

He told Newsnight that he expected to keep his House of Lords seat.

Lord Black also admitted he was being “forceful” during the Paxman interview but said he didn’t want viewers to think he was always right.

“I’ve made some terrible mistakes, but not ethical mistakes,” he said.

Lord Black had a similarly combative interview with Sky News’ Adam Boulton in which the former media mogul told the interviewer to “stop being a jackass” after being asked about his net worth and where he was going to live since he was “kicked out of America.”

“I’m not a refugee struggling desperately from place to place,” he said.

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