This afternoon, Labour leader Chris Hipkins held a media conference over allegations made by ex-wife, Jade Paul. The claims were first posted on Facebook, then taken down, but they have now spread more widely. But should it have reached the point where the leader of the opposition had to hold a press conference about his personal life? Is this the new reality, where reporting on politicians' personal lives is fair game in a social media world? Or does the public interest outweigh any concerns about the privacy of him, his former wife and his children? Someone who has been watching politics longer than most, and who will have heard a fair few rumours in his more than fifty years as a journalist, is Richard Harman, editor of POLITIK. Richard joins Emile for a chat.