Matt Hancock has ‘no intention’ of leaving politics after I’m A Celeb stint

Matt Hancock has ‘no intention’ of stepping away from politics amid hypothesis over his future after he completed third on this yr’s I’m A Celebrity.

A spokesperson for the disgraced former well being secretary has denied studies of ‘secret talks’ to launch his showbiz profession following his departure from the jungle on Sunday evening.

The MP for West Suffolk confronted an enormous backlash after signing up for the fact present for a £400,000 fee whereas parliament remains to be sitting.

But he managed to win viewers over after taking up a sequence of Bushtucker Trials and defied critics to be one of the final contestants voted out – behind Hollyoaks actor, Owen Warner, and Lioness Jill Scott, who made historical past because the first LGBTQ+ woman to be crowned queen of the jungle.

ITV figures for the 2022 sequence remaining revealed that Mr Hancock was nowhere near winning, getting simply 21.72% of the votes.

But he’s dealing with questions over his profession following his 18-day stint on the present.

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He was suspended from the Conservative parliamentary party and had the whip withdrawn after an avalanche of criticism from fellow Tories together with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in addition to livid Covid campaigners who’ve slammed his dealing with of the pandemic.

He is now sitting as an Independent MP and has till December 5 to declare whether or not he’ll stand once more.

A spokesperson for Mr Hancock advised Sky News: ‘Matt has no intention of standing down or stepping away from politics.’

There has been ‘no conversation’ with any PR advisor, they insisted.

But when requested if the whip ought to be returned to Mr Hancock, Business Secretary Grant Shapps criticised him for going into the jungle within the first place.

‘It’s typically stated politics is showbusiness for ugly individuals. He ought to be again right here with us ugly individuals in parliament doing the job for his constituents,’ he advised Sky News.

However Mr Shapps additionally advised Times Radio this morning that Mr Hancock ‘may have come to the conclusion that his parliamentary career is pretty much done.’

In his exit interview with hosts Ant and Dec, Mr Hancock acknowledged his look on the present was ‘controversial’ however insisted he needed to indicate his extra human aspect.

Ahead of his shock look on the programme, he had vowed to boost consciousness of dyslexia.

But it was not until the last week of the show that he finally mentioned the condition, leaving many viewers unimpressed.

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Mr Hancock stated he was ‘looking for forgiveness’ after being grilled over his now notorious clinch with Gina Coladangelo whereas the nation was in lockdown, describing how they ‘fell in love’.

The pair reunited on the I’m A Celebrity bridge in an embrace which appeared to ‘re-enact’ the second they have been caught kissing in CCTV footage – triggering his downfall as health secretary and sending him to the backbenches.

A reputational expert stated of the fallen politician’s determined makes an attempt to redeem himself: ‘Hancock’s look within the jungle has regained the general public’s belief in him as human, however not sufficient to heal the reputational wounds as a reliable, principled political chief.’