It could be linked to a previous television appearance
Matt Hancock could be able to duck out of some Bushtucker Trials on this year’s series of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ due to a secret health condition, it has been reported.
The Tory MP is expected to be voted to do the vast majority of the gruesome trials following the news that he would be heading into the jungle.
But the public may not get the opportunity to make the politician suffer quite as much as they’d like, because of a medical condition he suffered in a previous television appearance.
According to the Sun, Hancock got trench foot while filming ‘Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins’ and it might not have cleared up.
A source said: “When he was filming SAS Who Dares Wins in October, Matt got trench foot – in fact, a lot of the cast did.
“It can take up to six months to recover from that, so any water-based tasks or swimming trials would be bad news for his feet.”
More than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for the former health secretary to be removed from the lineup.
The petition, set up by Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice. says that Hancock’s appearance on the programme will “cause real pain and anguish to those of us who lost loved ones to Covid-19.”
It goes on to say that the Tory MP “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.”
Hancock was swiftly suspended by his party following the news that he would be a late arrival in the jungle this year.
The former health secretary had the party whip removed “with immediate effect.”
Chief Whip Simon Hart MP said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”
The politician, who had to resign after being caught on camera cheating on his wife during the pandemic, will be the 12th star to go into the jungle.
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