Matt Hancock arrives in Australia for I'm A Celebrity and defends show stint
dailyrecord.co.ukMatt Hancock has arrived in Australia after it was revealed that he would be a campmate in the line-up for the newest series of I'm A Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here. ITV bosses are still yet to confirm the news after confirming its full 11-person line-up earlier this week.The show, which for the last two years has been filmed in a Welsh castle due to the coronavirus pandemic, has returned to the outback in Australia and earlier this week ITV bosses released official pictures of this year's line-up which includes Boy George, Mike Tindall, Chris Moyles, Jill Scott, Owen Warner, Olivia Attwood, Sue Cleaver, Scarlette Douglas, Babatunde Aleshe, Seann Walsh and Charlene White.But while the 11 named celebrities will go into I'm A Celeb this Sunday, the former health secretary, 44, is reportedly set to be one of two latecomers who'll go into the camp.
The other is comedian Seann Walsh, 36, who was included in the rumoured line-up as the stars landed at Brisbane Airport last week.When he arrived at Brisbane Airport, Hancock, who has been suspended by the Tory party in the wake of his signing being revealed, has said he is going to Australia to join I’m A Celebrity so he can "go to where the people are — not to sit in ivory towers in Westminster."The MP said "I haven’t lost my marbles" by deciding to join the reality show after being suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party and that his "first priority" is to his constituents as he flew over 10,000 miles to join the programme.
Mr Hancock has defended his decision whilst speaking to The Sun, saying entering the jungle is “a great opportunity to talk directly to people who aren’t always interested in politics”.He went on to say that reality TV is an "honest and
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