James Haskell seized the chance to poke fun at Matt Hancock as the MP prepares to join his former England teammate Mike Tindall in the I'm a Celebrity jungle.
Hancock's controversial venture into the jungle begins on Wednesday night as he enters the camp alongside comedian Seann Walsh. The former health secretary sparked fury across the country when he announced his visit Down Under for the hit ITV show.
And I'm a Celeb fans will get to see Hancock greeted by England World Cup winner Tindall when he finally meets his celebrity campmates. Tindall, who is married to Zara Phillips, has proved a popular figure in the early stages of this year's show, which has made a return to Australia for the first time since the pandemic.
TV viewers are eagerly awaiting the reception that disgraced MP Hancock gets from his campmates, and Haskell took the opportunity to joke about how Tindall would react to the new arrival. Haskell, who was the fourth celebrity to be voted off in the 2019 edition of the series, shared an edited video on Twitter where Tindall is tackling Hancock.
The video is an edit from Tindall's famous hit on Australian legend George Gregan during the 2003 Rugby World Cup final. Hancock's face has been photoshopped on to Gregan's, with the former Wallaby star unceremoniously thrown into touch.
Former England back-row Haskell shared the clip made by the 'goodbadrugby' podcast which the duo feature in, with the caption ' Matt Hancock has entered the Jungle! Matt Hancock has left the jungle' along with two laughing emojis.
Haskell is an avid viewer of the reality show after his own jungle experience three years ago. And the 37-year-old has claimed that Tindall could open up on life being married into royalty, as he is expected to be quizzed on his famous family as the show progresses.
“I think, interestingly enough, once he gets pressured by a couple of people asking him questions, which they rightly will do, because they get bored," Haskell said. "It is very boring in there when you’re not doing challenges. That’s why you want to be voted in.
“A lot of the members of the public think it's a punishment. I wanted to do every challenge, because if not, you just sit around having inane conversations.”
