I’m A Celebrity: Matt Hancock grilled by campmates in the jungle 

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been grilled by his campmates in the jungle during his first appearance on the hit TV show I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! 

Fellow campmate Charlene White asked Hancock if he could understand if people were “not very happy” about him being part of the show whilst Parliament is sitting.

Whilst Boy George admitted it was “difficult” to have him in the jungle after his mother had been in hospital during the pandemic – Matt Hancock was the country’s health secretary during that time. 

He’s faced a lot of criticism for his participation in the show, due to him being a serving MP. He had the Tory whip suspended after news he was going to join the lineup and the prime minister has expressed his “disappointment” at Hancock’s decision to enter the Aussie jungle.

Referring to him being in the camp, Charlene White said: “I can only imagine the reaction back home, I can imagine that it hasn’t gone down well.”

Asked by her why he had joined the series when Parliament was not in recess, he replied: “I genuinely think that because we’ve now got sort of stability…”

White told him: “We’ve had stability for all of five minutes, Matt.” Hancock responded: “Rishi’s great, he’ll be fine.”

Boy George told fellow campmate Scarlette Douglas: “At the beginning of the pandemic, my mum was in hospital. I wasn’t allowed to see her. I thought she was going to die.

“I feel like, I don’t want to be sitting here like I’m having fun with him [Hancock]. It’s difficult for me because, you know, had something happened, if my mum had [died], I wouldn’t be here now. I would have gone when he walked in.”