Matt Hancock is ready to enter the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle afterward Tuesday – following Olivia Atwood’s shock departure.
The former well being secretary, 44, will be a part of the remainder of the contestants in camp after spending a time frame in isolation, along with his entrance teased by co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly throughout tonight’s present.
Mr Hancock’s resolution to star within the present has meant he has had the Tory whip eliminated – successfully expelling him from the Conservative parliamentary celebration and forcing him to take a seat as an unbiased till it’s reinstated.
The MP, who has been extensively mocked on social media and by some colleagues for the transfer, stated producers had requested him twice over the summer season if he would seem, however he turned them down.
Mr Hancock has been given entry to his cellphone and laptop computer throughout his isolation so he can proceed working and keep related with constituents.
Comedian Seann Walsh, who has been extensively reported because the second shock entry, can also be stated to be becoming a member of the campsite shortly.
It comes after former Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood was compelled to stop the ITV present on “medical grounds” after simply in the future within the jungle.
The star, who rose to fame showing on Love Island in 2017, had been “absolutely loving every second of the show” earlier than medics instructed her it was not protected for her to be participating, in keeping with a submit on her official Instagram account.
The submit stated “heartbroken is an understatement” after she began her journey dwelling to the UK, and promised followers would hear “the truth” from the star sooner or later.
Confirming her departure, an ITV spokesperson instructed Sky News: “As a precautionary measure Olivia needed to leave the jungle to undergo some medical checks.
“Unfortunately the medical staff has suggested it isn’t protected for Olivia to return to camp as there must be an extra investigation.
“She has been absolutely brilliant and she’ll be very much missed on the show.”
Her early exit from the jungle means she has had one of many shortest-ever stints within the jungle, carefully matched by that of former EastEnders actress Elaine Lordan, who dropped out after fainting twice inside 24 hours of her arrival in 2005.
Other celebrities participating on this 12 months’s collection are: Culture Club star Boy George, TV presenter and property skilled Scarlette Douglas, Lioness Jill Scott, Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver, Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner, rugby star Mike Tindall, comic Babatunde Aleshe and journalist and broadcaster Charlene White.
I’m A Celeb returned to the Australian jungle for the primary time since 2019 after the present was shot at Gwrych Castle in North Wales for the previous two years as a result of COVID journey restrictions.
McPartlin and Donnelly confirmed on Sunday there might be two further arrivals to the camp shortly, together with Hancock, joking they are going to be “rolling out the welcome mat for them soon”.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues on Tuesday at 9pm on ITV and ITV Hub.
Source: information.sky.com”