It’s My Opinion.

Also, like Goku, Cell wanted Gohan to unleash his hidden power, albeit doing it a bit differently.

And in Dragon Ball Z Abridged I even felt BAD for Cell when he died. If you look at the events of the Cell Arc from Cell’s point of view, he just wanted to fight strong opponents.

So what about the news guy?

The news guy ticked Cell off by not calling him "Mr. Perfect Cell".

What about the time he literally said he was gonna end the universe?

That quote gave me chills and I loved it.

Okay..............

While blowing up the news guy and drinking people from his tail and then saying he would be the universe's end. I like him but not enough to feel sorry for him