![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-a-celebrity-matt-hancock-sings-and-slips-on-first-episode/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127574868_shutterstock_editorial_13617006u50.jpg&description=Image source, ITV/ShutterstockImage caption, Hancock was covered in slurry and insects after an assured performance in his first Bushtucker TrialMatt Hancock was challenged by his fellow campmates on his first appearance on reality series I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!ITV News host Charlene White asked the MP if he could understand if people were "not very happy" about him taking part while Parliament is sitting.Boy George said it was "difficult" to have him there after his mother had been in hospital during the pandemic.Hancock has said he is on the show to raise awareness of dyslexia.Ahead of his entry into the camp in Australia he faced a barrage of criticism for his decision to take to the jungle while a serving MP and he was suspended as a Tory MP so the reaction from his campmates prompted much speculation about the welcome he would receive and how he would respond.In his first full episode, broadcast on Wednesday, Hancock gave a calm and assured performance as he took part in his first Bushtucker trial along the more squeamish Seann Walsh. And the episode concluded with him being told the public had also voted him to take part in the next trial, The Tentacles of Terror.As to him being in the camp, White said: "I can only imagine the reaction back home, I can imagine that it hasn't gone down well."Asked by her while he had joined the camp when Parliament was not in recess, he replied: "I genuinely think that because we've now got sort of stability…"White told him: "We've had stability for all of five minutes, Matt." Hancock responded: "Rishi's great, he'll be fine." Media caption, Watch: Boy George in tears over Matt Hancock's participation on reality showElsewhere, singer Boy George told fellow campmate Scarlette Douglas: "At the beginning of the pandemic, my mum was in hospital. I wasn't allowed to see her. I thought she was going to die."I feel like, I don't want to be sitting here like I'm having fun with him [Hancock]. It's difficult for me because,){kind=link}
Matt Hancock was challenged by his fellow campmates during his first appearance on reality series I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!
ITV News host Charlene White asked the MP if he could understand if people were “not very happy” about him taking part while Parliament is sitting.
Boy George said it was “difficult” to have him there after his mother had been in hospital during the pandemic.
Hancock has said he is on the show to raise awareness of dyslexia.
Ahead of his entry into the camp in Australia, the former health secretary faced a barrage of criticism for his decision to take to the jungle while serving as an MP.