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Matt Hancock paid £320K for I'm a Celebrity appearance

Nov 27,2022 11:20 am

By Sam FrancisBBC News, London

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 for taking part in ITV's I'm a Celebrity Reality Show .

The West Suffolk MP remains suspended from the Conservative Party for taking Time Off from his parliamentary duties to appear on The Show .

Mr Hancock said he donated £10,000 to charity from the fee, revealed on the.

The register also shows former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was paid £510,000 as an advance for his memoir.

It Follows the that they had acquired the rights to what was described as a prime ministerial memoir " like no other".

Mr Johnson has recorded approximately 10 hours work on The Novel in the MPs register.

Mr Hancock also received £48,000 for his Pandemic Diaries book, which was serialised in the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.

He has said he went onto I'm A Celebrity. . Get Me Out Of Here! to " Show what I Am like as a person". Despite public nominations for multiple gruelling trials in the Australian jungle, Mr Hancock came in third on The Show behind footballer Jill Scott and actor Owen Warner .

But Mr Hancock has faced criticism from across the political spectrum for going on The Show , with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying he was " very disappointed" by The Move .

A spokesperson for Mr Hancock said: " As well as raising The Profile of his dyslexia campaign in front of 11-million viewers, Matt's donated £10,000 to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and The British Dyslexia Association. "

Earlier this month Mr Hancock declared he had earned £45,000 from appearing on another reality TV Show - Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

He filmed the Channel 4 Show before flying out to the Australian jungle, but it will be screened later this Year .

shows he joined The Cast of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins during Liz Truss 's short-lived premiership.

He spent 80 hours on The Show , which sees celebrities compete against each other in a series of challenging military training exercises, between 24 September and 8 October .

Parliament was in recess from 24 September, and the Conservative Party conference was held in Birmingham from 2 to 5 October .



Source of news: bbc.com

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