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Mark Jefferies & Rose Hill

Matt Hancock's whispered words to Gina during embrace on I'm A Celebrity bridge

Matt Hancock ran up to embrace his lover Gina Coladangelo after coming third on I'm A Celebrity this evening.

The disgraced MP lost out to Lioness Jill Scott and Hollyoaks star Owen Warner as he came runner-up tonight.

Making his way up the famous red bridge, lit with sparklers, he was clearly delighted as he saw Gina coming towards her.

Hugging her, the couple ended up in a similar pose to the way they were pictured on CCTV when their affair was exposed in June 2021 and Hancock whispered "I love you so much".

Speaking to Ant and Dec, Matt said: "I wanted to show what I was like as a person. Lots of people come to me with preconceived ideas, for obvious reasons.

Matt Hancock reunited with partner Gina on the bridge (James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"And I just wanted to be myself. But I also actually strongly believe that for politicians as a whole, we don't come across as human enough. And this is probably the most extreme way of just showing who you are, I am someone who throws himself into things.

"And we managed to talk about some important things here."

On being grilled about his reasons for going onto the show he added: "I was expecting that and some of those were grillings and some were a release because I could say what I thought and some were very emotional.

Mr Hancock appeared delighted to see her (James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
He came third on the ITV show this evening (James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"I live with them and I feel it. But what I was able to and what I was grateful, was we had really grown up conversations about it."

In June 2021 he was forced to resign as Health secretary after CCTV footage surfaced of him embracing his aide Gina Coladangelo at a time when this would breach his own rules on physical contact. It also ended his 15 year marriage.

He and Gina are now an item and she was there to greet him when he left the show last night after he was crowned king by Ant and Dec.

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