Hancock appearing on ITV show after SAS 'caused uproar' at Channel 4

Did I’m A Celebrity’s Matt Hancock ask rival show to change contract so he didn’t lose thousands? Move by MP to appear on ITV show after filming Celebrity SAS ‘caused uproar’ at Channel 4

• Matt Hancock has outraged Channel 4 by appearing on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity 
• Channel 4 chiefs removed a clause allowing him to do more reality TV after SAS 
• However they were told the clause removal was for ‘parliamentary reasons’ 

Matt Hancock has sparked uproar by appearing on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! just weeks after filming Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS.

Channel 4 chiefs agreed to the former Health Secretary’s request to remove a clause from his contract preventing him appearing in any similar reality show.

But it is alleged that Channel 4 was told this was for ‘parliamentary reasons’.

Now sources on Celebrity SAS, which will be shown next year, say that they have been left with ‘sloppy seconds’, despite paying Hancock, 44, up to £40,000.

One said: ‘Channel 4 and the production company that makes Celebrity SAS are raging about this. They trusted that Matt wouldn’t take part in any other programmes, so agreed to remove the clause.

Matt Hancock has sparked uproar by appearing on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! just weeks after filming Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS

Now sources on Celebrity SAS, which will be shown next year, say that they have been left with ‘sloppy seconds’, despite paying Hancock, 44, up to £40,000

‘It means Matt hasn’t breached any contract but it has caused total uproar at Channel 4.

‘They thought they had a coup but ITV put a spanner in the works.’

Hancock filmed Celebrity SAS in Thailand while the Tory conference was on in September. 

He will have taken seven weeks away from his constituency work in West Suffolk since the end of August.

His Celebrity SAS co-stars include glamour models Danielle Lloyd and Melinda Messenger.

Hancock’s spokesperson said he was doing TV work to highlight his fight to have all children screened for dyslexia. A second reading of his Bill will be heard on December 2. 

ITV scriptwriters have vowed to embarrass him like no other I’m A Celebrity contestant when he arrives in the jungle later this week.

Sources on the show, which starts tonight, say jokes for hosts Ant and Dec are likely to include jibes about his affair with his aide Gina Coladangelo and their breaching of Covid rules.

‘Matt is a gift for the writers,’ said one insider.

‘They are rubbing their hands thinking about the fun they are going to have with him, as are Ant and Dec.

‘They are telling people to brace themselves for lots of gags about Matt breaking lockdown rules after he was caught on CCTV with Gina. They reckon it will be TV gold.’ 

Sources on the show, which starts tonight, say jokes for hosts Ant and Dec are likely to include jibes about his affair with his aide Gina Coladangelo and their breaching of Covid rules

Among contestants arriving last night were Love Island star Olivia Attwood – who braved a skydive – and Boy George, in an eye-catching outfit.

Fellow contestant Chris Moyles has apologised in advance to viewers for his excessive swearing.

‘My biggest concern is that in real life I swear a lot,’ said the ex-Radio One DJ, 48. ‘I really enjoy swearing and I think swearing done properly and in the right context with the right word can be really funny.

‘You know there’s that moment before a trial when the boys go “how are you feeling?” and I’ll be hanging from my testicles over alligators with their mouths wide open. I think it’s going to be “beep, beep, beep”. I apologise to everyone in advance.’

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