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The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Zoe Williams

Matt Hancock eating on I’m a Celebrity… turned out to be a low point

Matt Hancock tucks into some genitals in the jungle.
Matt Hancock tucks into genitals in the jungle. Photograph: Universal News And Sport Europe/ITV/UNPIXS

You know how I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! works, right? Let’s break it down: “I’m a Celebrity” refers to the 12 contestants, who are all famous – except are they? The yardstick of fame is a better kept secret than Colonel Sanders’ recipe. There’s not even a coherent ideal household, to whom all these people would be “names”.

If you’re an absolute TV aficionado, you’ll know your way around Owen Warner (Hollyoaks), Sue Warner (Corrie), Charlene White (Loose Women) and Scarlette Douglas (A Place in the Sun), but would you necessarily be familiar with the oeuvre of comedians Seann Walsh and Babatúndé Aléshé? Would the former England football player Jill Scott ring any bells?

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