Matt Hancock’s I’m A Celeb stint at risk as MPs download app ‘to vote’

Matt Hancock, 44, sparked backlash from I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! fans after he entered the Australian jungle on Wednesday night. The former health secretary, who lost the Tory whip after signing up for the show, joined singer Boy George and DJ Chris Moyles among other famous faces as this year’s jungle contestants.Now, a cabinet minister has suggested Matt could be set to face a lot more hardships than he might have expected due to a potential Westminster plot to get him to do every Bushtucker trial.Cabinet Minister Chris Heaton-Harris told Times Radio: “There are hundreds of MPs and peers who have managed to – probably for the first time in some peers’ life – download an app to vote for somebody.’So I’m assuming that doesn’t mean great things for Matt.’However, according to The Sun, the politician is expecting a warm welcome once he gets back to the UK as he will reportedly be hosting the launch party of his new book, Pandemic Diaries.READ MORE: Michael Douglas looks frail as he continues to show off new red hair Matt Hancock’s I’m A Celeb stint at risk as MPs download app ‘to vote’ amid show backlash (Image: ITV) Matt Hancock sparked backlash from I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! fans (Image: ITV) Matt Hancock entered the Australian jungle on Wednesday night (Image: Getty) Matt Hancock lost the Tory whip after signing up for the show (Image: Getty)”His appearance will cause real pain and anguish to those of us who lost loved ones to Covid-19.”The group went on to share a statement about why they decided to set up the petition.”Matt Hancock isn’t a ‘celebrity’, he’s the health secretary who oversaw the UK having one of the highest death tolls in the world from Covid-19 whilst breaking his own lockdown rules,” it read.”The fact that he is trying to cash in on his terrible legacy, rather than showing some humility or seeking to reflect on the appalling consequences of his time in Government says it all about the sort of his person he is. Families were ripped apart by Matt Hancock’s actions, and turning on the TV to see him being paraded around as a joke is sickening.”DON’T MISS…Piers Morgan brands David Walliams ‘one of TV’s nastiest frauds’ [INSIGHT]Jools Holland caught totally naked backstage by guest Courtney Love [INTERVIEW]I’m A Celebrity’s Charlene White breaks down in tears in the jungle [LATEST]Famous faces also publicly lashed out at the former health secretary, with GB News host Dan Wootton saying Matt had the ‘stomach-churning’ and ‘cringeworthy’ realisation that his ‘frontline political career is over’.Speaking during a segment on GB News, Dan said: ‘No leader with half a brain would publicly associate with Hancock.’The news host went on to criticise Matt’s response to the 2020 pandemic lockdowns and described the former health secretary as ‘the man who took some glee in denying us of our god-given freedoms for over a year”.Dan also said the Tory MP was ‘the same man who all along was breaking those rules himself’ when it was revealed last year that Matt admitted to breaking social distancing guidelines while having an affair with an aide.