TV viewers who had been threatening to boycott I'm A Celebrity. . . Get Me Out Of Here! over Matt Hancock's domination of the Bushtucker Trials on the hit ITV show finally got their wish on Monday night. The much-criticised Tory MP took part in his sixth consecutive challenge on the show hosted by Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly shortly after being named camp leader.
But at last, the Bushtucker baton was handed over to three campmates — and Hancock was given a rest. Since the former health secretary, 44, entered the campsite last Wednesday, the public had voted for him to take part in every trial. In Sunday's programme, Matt was stung by a scorpion before facing his fifth consecutive trial, House of Horrors. The task saw him having to crawl and search through a giant doll’s house full of pigeons, snakes and troughs full of offal, searching for stars to feed the camp.
When asked by co-host Dec why he thought the public kept voting for him to take part in the gruelling trials, Hancock responded: “It must be the facial expressions.” Facing his fear of snakes, the West Suffolk MP, who has been suspended from the Tory party due to partaking in the popular programme, located nine out of the 11 stars on offer, despite a snake attempting to strike him at eye level.
