Kate Garraway has spoken about Matt Hancock’s appearance on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, admitting it’s ‘uncomfortable’ to watch him.

The Good Morning Britain host’s husband Derek Draper fell seriously ill with Covid-19 in 2020.

The virus caused significant damage to his body, including his lungs and heart, and Derek, 55, requires round-the-clock care from a nursing team and Kate herself. 

Speaking about watching the former health minister on the reality show, Kate, who entered the jungle in 2019, said Mr Hancock needs to show he feels ‘a sense of the pain’ the pandemic caused.

‘I think there’s a tendency, because it’s such an odd situation at the very least, everybody’s out of their comfort zone, that horrible cliche, there is a sense, I think, where you want to let people be open and be what they are right in front of you and not be judged, and that’s one of the lovely things about that show.’

Kate went on: ‘You see revelations of personality and things coming out – you see that as a campmate and as a viewer, which is fantastic. The challenge is, you’re going to see him laughing and being human and being the personable person that I’m sure he is to his family and friends, and that feels uncomfortable, I think, for so many people when there’s still so much unanswered, actually.

‘Seeing him in there with the inquiries and investigations still going on – I think the only thing he can do to help those people is to, at some point, show he has a real sense of the pain. At the moment, what we’ve seen is not that, because it’s not that context.’

She went on to say that if she was in there with him, she would want to talk to him and ask him questions.

Mr Hancock entered the I’m A Celebrity camp alongside comedian Seann Walsh in last night’s episode to mixed reactions.

Boy George was left in tears, as he spoke about almost losing his mum.

Kate’s husband Derek fell seriously ill with Covid-19 in 2020 (Picture: James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Kate was on the show in 2019 (Picture: Rex)

He said: ‘You know, beginning of the pandemic my mum was in hospital. I wasn’t allowed to see her.

‘I thought she was going to die. I was tweeting Greenwich hospital going, “Please look after my mum.”

‘I used my name, I was like “Please look after my mum.” And they did, she was fine.’

He continued: ‘I feel like, I don’t want to be sitting here like I’m having fun with him.

‘It’s difficult for me because, you know, had something happened, if my mum had gone, I wouldn’t be here now.

‘I would have gone when he walked in.’

Charlene White also grilled the MP, asking why he decided to appear on the show.

Scarlett Douglas seemed a little more forgiving, saying in the Bush Telegraph: ‘To be fair, everyone’s human. We all have our own personalities outside what we are seen in the media.

‘So listen, Matt Hancock has come on, he obviously has something to prove, so hey, everyone’s got their own reasons as to why they’re here.’

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here continues tonight at 9pm on ITV.

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The Good Morning Britain host’s husband Derek Draper fell seriously ill with Covid-19 in 2020.