Hated is probably a bit strong if you're talking about the overall feeling towards him.
Personally he strikes me as a complete CJTC but I know other fans who view him as an amusing sideshow, some who see him as a 'lad' (sadly) as well as those who just look at him with pity as he wasted his...
Like some of the responses, 'he's entitled to his say', as if the club isn't entitled to push him out of the door (assuming that's what happened/was about to) for saying them. Cuts both ways and all that.