Fans of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! have reacted to Matt Hancock receiving a letter from Gina Coladangelo during his stint on the hit ITV show this evening - with one going so far as to brand it 'vomit-inducing'. Gina and Zara Tindall were among the partners of campmates who sent letters into the jungle to help boost the contestants’ motivation.
As the ITV reality show reached the two-week mark today (November 20), the celebrities were offered the opportunity to win personal messages from their nearest and dearest. In order to achieve the prize, the campmates were split into three groups and tasked with balancing 10 blocks on a beam within 60 minutes. Those whose blocks were balanced at the end of that time were awarded a letter from home.
Sue Cleaver, Boy George and Chris Moyles were up first but struggled initially, while Hancock, Mike Tindall, Seann Walsh and Babatunde Aleshe seemed to have more luck with the task but a lot of blocks still remained. Jill Scott, Owen Warner and Scarlette Douglas were the last group up with 37 minutes left to complete the challenge.
After learning “small steps” were best, they completed the challenge in 14 minutes and returned to camp triumphant with all 10 letters. Matt's letter from Gina, with whom he was caught breaking coronavirus social distancing rules when health secretary, was read out by Scott.
And after hearing the letter, fans took to Twitter to discuss its contents. @PravG was scathing: "Hearing Gina’s love letter read aloud to Matt Hancock is far more vomit-inducing than anything that Mike and Jill had to drink earlier." @MadameMing made a political point about the current cost-of-living crisis, writing: "Was hoping Matt’s letter was from his constituent Doris, asking for help after her Gas bill just landed."
@Harrbarnes1 made a similar point, tweeting: "Would love it if Matt Hancock’s letter from home was Rishi Sunak telling him to get home and do his job."
But some were more supportive of the Tory MP, and @bavidmcjavid insisted: "You know what. I'm going to just come out and say it. I like Matt Hancock more than Boy George I'm not sorry."
Others wanted to know how Matt was managing to avoid eviction from the hit ITV show, with @x_Darzii_x saying: "I am so annoyed that it’s between Baba and Scarlette! Who the hell is voting for Matt Hancock ?! #ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere."
The letter from Gina said: “Dear Matt, wow watching you in the jungle has been quite the experience. We are particularly impressed that you conquered your fear of snakes. We are less sure about the dancing. Although we saw that you almost got the electric slide thanks to Scarlette. Gina xxxxx”
Mike Tindall also received a message from his wife Zara, who is the daughter of Princess Anne, who he shares three children with.
It read: “Hi my love, we are missing you so much and really needing some papa hugs, but glad you’re sharing them with your campmates. The girls are enjoying sports and throwing themselves into everything at the moment and the little man is loving life, smashing it up, learning some new words. Z, M, L and L. x”
Elsewhere in the episode, former rugby player Mike and Lioness Jill put themselves forward for the Speak Uneasy Bushtucker Trial. The pair were challenged to drink 10 concoctions in a bid to win stars for camp with Mike facing blended cockroaches and blended vomit fruit among his selection.
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