Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 ($400,000) to look on final season’s I’m a Celeb… Get Me Out of Right here and an additional £45,000 ($55,700) for Channel 4’s Celeb SAS: Who Dares Wins, UK parliamentary paperwork have revealed.
UK authorities guidelines obliged the previous Well being Secretary to report within the Register of Members’ Monetary Pursuits that he acquired the cash from I’m a Celeb producer Lifted Leisure on 14 December – two weeks after filming ended – after showing on the present for 30 days. Hancock has beforehand mentioned he donated £10,000 ($12,300) of the payment to charity.
He acquired the £45,000 from SAS maker Minnow Movies through Shine Expertise Administration on 28 October and the Channel 4 present will air later this 12 months.
The disgraced former Well being Secretary, who resigned in 2021 after footage emerged of him breaking his personal Covid-19 steerage after having an affair with an aide, sparked debate up and down the nation following his I’m a Celeb look, with some filled with criticism and others seeing the transfer as one thing of a redemption story.
He clashed steadily with fellow contestants resembling Boy George however ended up coming third within the Australia-set ITV smash – some of the watched UK TV reveals of final 12 months – which was received by footballer Jill Scott.
On becoming a member of the present, Hancock instantly had the Conservative Celebration whip eliminated and he’ll stand down as an MP on the subsequent normal election.
He was not the primary politician to look on the present. Former Tradition Secretary Nadine Dorries was additionally suspended by the Conservatives when she featured in 2012 and 5 years later former Scottish Labour Celebration chief Kezia Dugdale was a contestant.
