This Morning presenter Josie Gibson, 37, has hit out at Matt Hancock, 44, for continuing to receive his wages as an MP whilst starring in an ITV reality show.The former Health Secretary may have had the Tory whip removed from him, but he continues to earn his backbench salary while partaking in I'm A Celebrity...
Get Me Out Of Here!.In addition to his current salary, the disgraced politician is also reportedly being paid £400,000 to be on the show.Matt has been criticised by many of his fellow MPs for his decision, as he is currently not doing any work on behalf of his constituents while Parliament is sitting.Plenty of celebs have also shared their frustrations, including This Morning star Josie, who has explained his appearance on the ITV show felt inappropriate, given that “people are angry”.
Matt, who regularly updated the public on the latest safety measures they should follow during the Coronavirus pandemic, was forced out of cabinet for breaking his own lockdown rules. "It is so bad that's brilliant, the whole country is talking about it," Josie said. "Don't get me wrong, he cringes me out, the whole country is talking."There's a lot of people that are really angry you know, rightly so, I don't know whether he has gone in there to show everybody his real side but it just makes me cringe."It's so bad it's brilliant, imagine if he won?" she continued. "He don't live in the real world, does he?
The thing that I don't agree with, he's still on an MP salary, isn't he?"See, you're either on an MP salary or you're a celebrity in the jungle!" Josie insisted in her interview with The Mirror.Other celebrities have taken to Twitter to slam Matt’s appearance in the jungle following the fallout of the pandemic.
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