I’m A Celebrity’s Babatunde Aléshé confessed he was most ‘surprised’ by Matt Hancock in the jungle.

The disgraced former health secretary, whose appearance on the ITV juggernaut series has been strongly condemned, has survived another public vote.

Instead, comedian Babatunde became the fifth contestant to be booted out of camp on Thursday, with the MP, Mike Tindall, Owen Warner and Jill Scott vying to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle.

Babatunde reflected on his stint Down Under on Friday’s This Morning with hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary and opened up about his ‘surprising’ friendship with Hancock.

Dermot asked him: ‘Who surprised you the most in the jungle?’

Babatunde responded instantly: ‘Matt Hancock surprised me. He definitely surprise me and the way we bonded after a while was definitely surprising.’

Hancock and Babatunde bonded over fatherhood (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Babatunde explained they bonded over ‘being fathers’ and alluded to Hancock’s relationship with his former aide Gina Coladangelo, saying he was ‘coming out of a hard relationship.’

Hancock was forced to resign as the UK’s health boss when he was captured breaking his own social distancing rules while in a tryst with Coladangelo during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hancock is still in the jungle (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

However, despite Hancock confessing he’d hoped his I’m A Celeb stint would get him ‘forgiveness’ over how he handled the Covid crisis if he wins he’s still only ‘destined for Wetherspoon’s’, according to a reputation specialist.

Alex Andrew from The PHA Group told Metro.co.uk: ‘‘With the odds and the country stacked against his win, it’s unlikely Hancock will reach the final of I’m A Celebrity, but so far, he has done well to deceive the public as to his true character with empty apologies and pre-planned responses,’ he says.

Hancock’s appearance in the jungle has been controversial (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

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‘If he did win the show, it would project his reputation and translucent celebrity status in the right direction for club-night guest appearances and DJ slots in Wetherspoons but do little for West Suffolk residents.’

Meanwhile, Lioness Jill is currently the bookies’ favourite to be crowned champion of I’m A Celeb, with Owen tipped to be runner-up.

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.

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Babatunde said they bonded over fatherhood.