 Find out who Matt Hancock is starring alongside in I'm A Celeb - click here for the full line-up. The disgraced former Health Secretary also sparked fury over his handling of the pandemic after previously claiming he put a 'protective ring' around care homes. It was later found that the Government at the time had acted unlawfully. Questioned about his use of the phrase later, he insisted he had used the phrase only 'much later' about the Government's winter plan and it had been 'interpreted'. However, Hancock claimed he was 'cleared' by the High Court – and accused Public Health England of 'failing' to tell ministers about the risks of asymptomatic transmission. The Prime Minister faced fury in July 2020, after saying 'too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures in the way that they could have'. Hancock previously defended his care home testing regime that is accused of killing frail and elderly Brits in their droves. Since entering the jungle, many celebrities have slammed the Backbench MP, with Piers Morgan tweeting that Hancock's stint was "Literally vomit-making." Piers Morgan claimed Matt's appea){kind=link}
Matt Hancock might have been hoping to make a better name for himself on I’m A Celebrity – but a horde celebrities have hit out at him going on the ITV show
Matt Hancock has been in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! camp for just two days – but his stay hasn’t gone as well as he’d hoped.
The disgraced former Health Secretary has previously explained he hopes people see him in a new light and that he can use his appearance on the show to raise awareness of the causes he supports, including dyslexia awareness.
However, viewers and celebrities alike can’t forget his track record.
Hancock, 44, was caught kissing a colleague on CCTV, breaking the rules he put in place while the UK remained under tight Covid lockdown laws.