In a 2013 Sky Sports interview during the 2013 Ashes series, he quashed this rumour as being false. Hughes also played Australian rules football during the winter in the late 1970s and early 1980s; at his peak, he was a key position player for the Werribee Football Club in the Victorian Football Association first division. In 2015, Hughes appeared on the Australian version of the TV show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!". In an interview for "Hotspur" magazine, Hughes revealed he has supported Tottenham Hotspur since the early 1980s. "I went to a mate's house to watch the FA Cup Final, everyone in the house was supporting the other team except the guy I sat next to. He was English, and I told him I was with him 100 per cent. Spurs won and I've supported them ever since."