Ofcom points I am A Celeb replace after being flooded with viewer complaints over Matt Hancock

Tons of of recent complaints have been made by I’m A Celebrity viewers inside the final week as Matt Hancock clings on to his place in camp.

Ofcom confirmed that it has now obtained 3,287 complaints from viewers over I am A Celeb, with 1,764 of those regarding the previous Well being Secretary. Hancock precipitated an uproar when he was confirmed to be heading into camp earlier this month, a call which resulted in him having the Tory whip suspended.

This determine is up from 1,968 complaints in complete to Ofcom over the ITV present last week. The regulator mentioned that whereas many of the complaints objected to the MP being within the jungle, some viewers expressed issues about how Hancock was being handled by different contestants.

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“It’s value being conscious that below our guidelines, in precept – and making an allowance for freedom of expression – there is not any ban on any explicit individual participating in programmes,” Ofcom defined in a statement final week. “Nevertheless, if the mere presence of an individual is prone to trigger offence, we’d count on broadcasters to take steps to mitigate or justify that offence. How they try this editorially, is as much as them.”

The regulator added: “As common, we’ll be assessing all these complaints towards our broadcasting guidelines, earlier than deciding whether or not or to not examine.” Regardless of the flood of complaints, Hancock has thus far managed to keep away from being voted out of the jungle by viewers.

The politician is within the closing seven campmates, alongside Jill Scott, Owen Warner, Babatúndé Aléshé, Chris Moyles, Seann Walsh and Mike Tindall. Loose Women star and information presenter Charlene White turned the primary star to depart camp on the weekend, adopted by A Place In The Solar’s Scarlette Douglas, after which Coronation Street ‘s Sue Cleaver, earlier than Boy George was evicted in Tuesday’s episode.

Families in the North East whose lives have been rocked by the pandemic slammed the West Suffolk MP as “morally bankrupt and distasteful” when it was confirmed that he could be heading into the jungle. Days after his arrival, a gigantic banner was flown over the camp calling for Hancock to “get out of right here” in a robust message from marketing campaign group Covid-19 Bereaved Households For Justice.

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