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Jill Scott jokes she's 'going to complain' about Matt Hancock's £320,000 I'm A Celebrity fee

Jill Scott has admitted that her fee for I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here was "a lot lower" than her fellow campmate Matt Hancock.

The Queen of the Jungle joined Kate Garraway and Adil Ray on Friday's episode of Good Morning Britain to talk about life after the Lionesses. Her appearance came in the wake of the news that West Suffolk MP Hancock received £320,000 for his stint on the series.

Kate asked Jill: "It's emerged that Matt Hancock was paid more than £320,000..." And as she heard the mammoth figure, the Sunderland star quickly interjected: "Right - I'm going to complain."

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Jill laughed as Kate asked whether this amount was higher or lower than what she was given by ITV to appear in the jungle. "A lot lower!" she admitted. "If I'd got that, I could have opened another coffee shop."

Asked what she wanted to do with her jungle champion title, Jill gave a characteristically sweet answer: "I want to help. Obviously my journey with the Euros, getting that gold medal, I feel like my journey's kind of done, so I want to give back to the next generation."

It's not the first time that Jill has appeared on our screens this week - the football legend also joined Robson Green for an episode of his new North East-based series Weekend Escapes on Wednesday. Jill enjoyed a tour around a beautiful walled garden and tried paddle boarding in North Yorkshire.

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