Gary Neville jokes Matt Hancock might ‘leave older campmates to die’ if chosen as camp leader on I’m A Celebrity

Gary Neville didn't maintain again together with his roasting of Matt Hancock (Image: PA/Rex Options/Getty Photographs)

Matt Hancock’s I’m A Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here! signing has attracted nothing however criticism, with Gary Neville being the most recent star to crack a joke at his expense.

The previous well being secretary will head into the Australian jungle as a late arrival, with different well-known campmates this collection together with Chris Moyles, Sue Cleaver, and Mike Tindall.

Following the announcement of his look on the a lot cherished ITV present, Hancock was suspended from the Conservative Celebration, as filming for the present takes place greater than 10,000 miles away from his constituency.

The politician didn’t precisely garner a legion of followers amid the peak of the Covid pandemic, inflicting fury by breaking his personal social distancing guidelines when kissing an aide throughout lockdown.

He was additionally accused of not doing sufficient in his function to assist the weak from the virus, equivalent to aged individuals in care properties.

Referencing his string of scandals on Have I Received Information For You, soccer coach Neville went proper in.

The soccer coach ripped into the previous well being secretary on Have I Received Information For You (Image: Ian Forsyth/Getty Photographs)

Introducing the dialogue (or roast, slightly), Neville mentioned: ‘That is the information that Matt Hancock is ready to participate in I’m A Celeb, regardless of the priority that, if he’s chosen to be camp chief, he would possibly simply depart the older campmates to die.’

After incomes a collection of whistles and uncomfortable laughs from the viewers, Neville went one higher.

‘He presently admits that he doesn’t know a lot in regards to the present, so when he’s introduced with a kangaroo’s a**e, somebody might want to inform him that he’s anticipated to eat it and never grope it.’

Hancock will entre the jungle as a late arrival (Image: GC Photographs)

Host Neville wasn’t the one one ripping into Hancock, as Maisie Adam requested: ‘Is it attainable for him to go one option to Australia, do you reckon?’

Viewers at dwelling had been loving the ‘brutal’ digs at Hancock, with one hailing: ‘Honest play to Neville for doing it.’

‘Should say @GNev2 has knocked @haveigotnews out of the park – his Matt Hancock line on NHS was spot on,’ praised one other Twitter person.

Stars together with Mike Tindall, Sue Cleaver, Olivia Attwood, Boy George, and Chris Moyles will enter the jungle because the present returns to Australia (Image: ITV/Shutterstock)

Fellow panelist Richard Madeley weighed in on why he thinks Hancock is heading Down Beneath.

‘I believe his motive is solely that, if he does it nicely, if he takes takes these challenges on bravely and with good humour, he’ll flip them round, however they’re [families bereaved during Covid] not gonna neglect.’

Ian Hislop was fast to leap in, including: ‘I don’t wanna choose a battle with you, Richard, however you mentioned the phrase, “If Matt Hancock does this nicely…”,’ which obtained loads of laughs within the studio.

Clarifying, Madeley responded: ‘If he really assaults the challenges, agrees to do it, , eats the scorpions and the testicles and the willies and all the remainder of it, he’ll get brownie factors.’

Though, as fellow stars identified, Mr Hancock will get greater than ‘brownie factors’ if he manages to digest the creepy crawlies of the Australian jungle… he’ll get a proper ol’ ‘abdomen ache.’

I’m A Celeb… Get Me Out Of Right here! launches Sunday, November 6 on ITV.