I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Chris Moyles has blasted Matt Hancock's as he unleashed his true feelings - branding him "fake" and saying he should be working and not in the jungle.
In his first in-depth interview since leaving the I'm A Celebrity camp, radio DJ Moyles let rip regarding Hancock and ITV's decision to let him appear on the show despite being a working MP..
Moyles told Radio X: "I don't know what's been in the show....I was venting quite a lot when he first came in. Because, well, I'll just say he should be at work, because he's an MP and he's paid to look after people and their interests and hopefully make their lives better.
"And I don't know how he does that by going on the jungle show. And then there was a moment when we got into a conversation about him and it got quite tense, which I accidentally started by being a smartass and going 'so when did you book out' and he went next month and I didn't know he had a book out!
"And the reason I got I got annoyed with him was because Seann did something in his personal life that got thrown all over the newspapers and didn't impact my life whatsoever, has had a really, really hard time career wise, and mental health wise since. He was very open about it, and has come on the show to basically to say I'm really not a bad guy, can I start again. Which is really honest and takes a lot of balls.
"And Matt Hancock kind of dived around a few questions I thought, and then said, I guess all I'm just asking for is forgiveness. And at which point I had to walk out of camp and just get away because I personally found that quite fake. And that really wound me up."
Moyles said he was then forced to separate Matt Hancock from the Matt in camp doing trials and trying to win stars and food for camp.
He added: "As a campmate he did an amazing job. And as a guy he lives in a different world to you and me. But, he's a human being.
"There's Matt Hancock, who I have issues with, and there's Matt who I was in the jungle with and I know that sounds almost like an excuse, but it was the only way that myself and others could deal with that fact."
The decision by ITV to allow Hancock to go into the jungle as a serving MP has caused huge controversy.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "disappointed" in Hancock and would not be watching.
Another Tory MP Tim Loughton described Mr Hancock as an “absolute prat” and campaigners for families bereaved in the Covid-19 pandemic accused him of trying to “cash in on his terrible legacy”.
In April Hancock apologised after the High Court ruled government policies on discharging patients from hospital into care homes at the onset of the pandemic were "unlawful".
And in June 2021 he was forced to resign after CCTV footage surfaced of him embracing his aide Gina Coladangelo at a time when this would breach his own rules on physical contact. It also ended his 15 year marriage.
Meanwhile, after a few tough days in camp, Chris admitted he'd finally got to the point where he was keen to stay and go all the way.
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Chris said: "I thought [this morning] I've got this now. I'd really like to stay, I'd quite fancied doing the Cyclone."
On Hancock outstaying him on the series, he told hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly: "I'm gutted Matt Hancock is more popular than me. What is going on?"
He later added he had "major issues" with the disgraced MP, but "less issues" with Matt as a person in the camp.
He explained: "Why am I out and he’s still in? I really struggled with [his arrival] to be fair and then I s****ed him a bit. Matt Hancock I've got major issues with, but Matt... less issues."
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