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Victoria Johns

Chris Moyles walked out of I'm A Celeb camp in fury over Matt Hancock comments

Chris Moyles has admitted to walking out of the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! camp after being riled by Matt Hancock's comments.

The Radio X DJ, 48, had a number of conversations with the disgraced MP, 44, who ruffled feathers when he made his debut on the ITV show.

Chris called the former Health Secretary "fake" and has now revealed what happened when the cameras weren't rolling in the jungle.

Speaking on his radio show, he said: “ Matt Hancock kind of dived around a few questions I thought, and then said, ‘I guess all I'm just asking for is forgiveness’.

"At that 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."

He added: “He's an MP and he's paid to look after people and their interests and hopefully make their lives better. I don't know how he does that by going on the jungle show.”

Chris Moyles has admitted to walking out of the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! camp (James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Matt Hancock came third on the show (James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Mr Hancock's appearance on I'm Celeb attracted 1,890 Ofcom complaints.

Viewers were baffled when the MP decided to go on the show after been slammed for breaking his own lockdown rules when he was caught in a clinch with former aide Gina Coladangelo.

However, after winning a number of trials and asking for "forgiveness", Mr Hancock appeared to win the public round, coming third on the programme as a result.

Chris called the MP 'fake' (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

The MP is now back in Blighty and was seen outside the Houses of Parliament on Friday morning ahead of presenting his bill on dyslexia.

As well as I'm A Celeb, the father-of-three has signed up for Channel 4 ’s SAS Who Dares Wins - due to screen next year - raising questions about whether he intends to establish himself as a TV star.

Mr Hancock is becoming quite the celebrity (James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Ian Houlder, a Tory councillor in Mr Hancock’s constituency, told The Mirror: "I believe he doesn’t want to be an MP anymore, but he’s got a couple of years to sort out his options.

"If the Tory party don’t let him back in he won’t get anywhere as an independent. If they do let him back in I think there’ll be a lot of people who want to challenge him."

Speaking to Ant and Dec in Australia, Matt said: "I wanted to show what I was like as a person. Lots of people come to me with preconceived ideas, for obvious reasons."

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