I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Matt Hancock will be used as a "toy" by the public, according to the show's reigning champion. And when they've had their fun with him, actor Danny Miller predicts, they will get rid of him.
The former Emmerdale star, who was crowned King of the Castle during the 2021 series in Wales, sent a warning to former health secretary Hancock during an appearance on Good Morning Britain. Miller predicted viewers will vote for Hancock to take part in all the show’s gruelling Bushtucker Trials - as happened with music producer Naughty Boy last year.
“I think he needs to just accept the fact that he is going to be everyone’s toy," Miller said. “Last year, unfortunately Naughty Boy got it because he did the first one and he was very entertaining and everyone then went, ‘Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy, Naughty Boy!’
“This year I think regardless of how entertaining he is, he needs to accept that what he has put us through, I think the public are going to say, ‘This is what we are going to put you through’. And when they are done with him they will just get rid of him, I think.”
Hancock, the MP for West Suffolk, has had the Tory whip suspended and come under fire from across the political divide after opting to join the show at a time when Parliament is sitting. He has said he will use his appearances on the show to raise awareness of dyslexia.
Hancock, 44, is joining the likes of rugby player Mike Tindall, pop star Boy George and former Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood in the Australian jungle. Asked about his favourites to win this year’s series, Miller replied: “I would like to think Sue Cleaver, Boy George and Jill Scott. They are my prediction for the final three.”
