Matt Hancock ‘I’m A Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here!’ Payment Is $400,000 – Deadline

Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 ($400,000) to seem on final season’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here and an extra £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 obtained 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 stated he donated £10,000 ($12,300) of the charge to charity.

He obtained the £45,000 from SAS maker Minnow Movies by way of Shine Expertise Administration on 28 October and the Channel 4 present will air later this yr.

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 stuffed with criticism and others seeing the transfer as one thing of a redemption story.

He clashed continuously with fellow contestants comparable to Boy George however ended up coming third within the Australia-set ITV smash – one of the crucial watched UK TV reveals of final yr – which was gained by footballer Jill Scott.

On becoming a member of the present, Hancock instantly had the Conservative Social gathering whip eliminated and he’ll stand down as an MP on the subsequent basic election.

He was not the primary politician to seem 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 Social gathering chief Kezia Dugdale was a contestant.