Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 to appear on last season’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here and a further £45,000 for Channel 4’s Celebrity Sas: Who Dares Wins, UK parliamentary documents have revealed.
UK government rules obliged the former Health Secretary to report in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that he received the money from I’m a Celebrity producer Lifted Entertainment on 14 December – two weeks after filming ended – after appearing on the show for 30 days. Hancock has previously said he donated £10,000 of the fee to charity.
He received the £45,000 from Sas maker Minnow Films via Shine Talent Management on 28 October and the Channel 4 show will air later this year.
The disgraced former Health Secretary, who resigned in 2021 after footage emerged of him breaking his own Covid-19 guidance after having an affair with an aide, sparked debate up and down the country following his I’m a Celebrity appearance,...
UK government rules obliged the former Health Secretary to report in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that he received the money from I’m a Celebrity producer Lifted Entertainment on 14 December – two weeks after filming ended – after appearing on the show for 30 days. Hancock has previously said he donated £10,000 of the fee to charity.
He received the £45,000 from Sas maker Minnow Films via Shine Talent Management on 28 October and the Channel 4 show will air later this year.
The disgraced former Health Secretary, who resigned in 2021 after footage emerged of him breaking his own Covid-19 guidance after having an affair with an aide, sparked debate up and down the country following his I’m a Celebrity appearance,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Matt Hancock is not the first politician to enter the Australian jungle for I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.
The new series, which begins on Sunday (6 November), will see the former health secretary, who resigned in 2021 after violating his own Covid regulations, join the new batch of contestants a few days in.
His participation in the series has been condemned not only by fans, but by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said on Tuesday (1 November) that, rather than competing in a reality series, MPs “should be working hard for their constituents in the House or in their constituencies”.
But Hancock is not the first politician to have entered the jungle.
Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick kicked off the wave of MPs being asked to take part, signing up in 2008. He finished in seventh place. Former Labour MP and Mep Robert Kilroy-Silk also participated in that year’s series,...
The new series, which begins on Sunday (6 November), will see the former health secretary, who resigned in 2021 after violating his own Covid regulations, join the new batch of contestants a few days in.
His participation in the series has been condemned not only by fans, but by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said on Tuesday (1 November) that, rather than competing in a reality series, MPs “should be working hard for their constituents in the House or in their constituencies”.
But Hancock is not the first politician to have entered the jungle.
Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Brian Paddick kicked off the wave of MPs being asked to take part, signing up in 2008. He finished in seventh place. Former Labour MP and Mep Robert Kilroy-Silk also participated in that year’s series,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been suspended as a Conservative MP for being a contestant on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!.
According to the BBC, Tory whips have been unimpressed with the news this morning that he will be one of the 12 contestants on the Ant and Dec-hosted 2022 edition – which is filmed in Australia – and have taken away the whip.
Conservative Chief Whip Simon Hart said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”
Hancock was not revealed on the contestant roster issued this morning for I’m a Celebrity but is understood to be one of two contestants who will join the show slightly later than episode one, along with comedian and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Seann Walsh. I’m a Celebrity...
According to the BBC, Tory whips have been unimpressed with the news this morning that he will be one of the 12 contestants on the Ant and Dec-hosted 2022 edition – which is filmed in Australia – and have taken away the whip.
Conservative Chief Whip Simon Hart said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”
Hancock was not revealed on the contestant roster issued this morning for I’m a Celebrity but is understood to be one of two contestants who will join the show slightly later than episode one, along with comedian and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Seann Walsh. I’m a Celebrity...
- 11/1/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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