Matt Hancock was said to be in shock after being stung (Picture: ITV)

Matt Hancock has been treated by I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! medics after being stung by a scorpion.

The former health secretary, who is set to take on his fifth Bushtucker trial in scenes due to air on Sunday night, was looked after by crew after the predatory arachnid penetrated his finger.

‘Matt was shocked – it’s not every day that a scorpion stings you,’ a source said.

‘He’s already had such an eventful first week in camp after completing trial after trial – and now he’s been treated by the show’s medics too.’

The insider told us: ‘The scorpion was safely removed from camp and thankfully, it wasn’t poisonous.’  

Hancock was stung by a scorpion in the I’m A Celebrity jungle (Picture: Getty)

Metro.co.uk understands the scenes will air during this evening’s episode of I’m A Celebrity, which will see Hancock take on the House of Horrors.

For this trial, the sitting MP is tasked with navigating an ‘eerie house in the jungle’ full of critters.

In a teaser clip ahead of the instalment, Hancock is seen climbing through a trapdoor into a room swarming with flies before approaching a trough.

‘The thing you don’t know is this really smells too,’ he tells co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

He then gags as he plunges his hands into the offal.

Presenter Ant adds that the room contains 2.5million flies before joking that he counted them individually.

Last night, viewers expressed their outrage after Hancock was voted to take on yet another trial.

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So far, audiences have seen him being covered in slurry in an underground tunnel with Seann Walsh, on top of facing the Tentacles of Terror, and taking part in the first eating challenge with Boy George.

In scenes that aired on Saturday night, he and Hollyoaks star Owen warner were covered in slime during a game of Who Wants To Look Silly On Air.

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

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