Matt Hancock’s whopping Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins pay packet revealed
MATT Hancock got paid £45,000 to take part in ANOTHER reality TV Show, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
The Channel 4 series was filmed in early October, before Hancock joined the cast of I’m A Celeb.
It’s due to air in 2023.
The series sees celebs take part in two-weeks of gruelling military training exercises, testing their physical and mental strength.
Channel 4 bosses were reportedly infuriated when news came out that Hancock was off to the jungle.
But the move paid off for the West Suffolk MP, who shocked the nation by finishing the contest in third place on Sunday.
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While Hancock was given £45,000 to do SAS, he received a whopping £400,000 fee for I’m A Celeb.
The MP said he’d donate some of the money to charity – but hasn’t specified how much,
Meanwhile, raging MPs have hatched a plan to stop politicians like Matt Hancock going on reality TV shows in the future.
The Lib Dems have tabled a Commons motion – dubbed the “Bushtucker Bill” – calling for parliament to ban MPs from abandoning their constituents to seek TV fame and fortune.
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If the motion is chosen by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, it will be debated on by all MPs in the future.
Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine, who tabled the motion, said: “This Bushtucker Bill is designed to stop MPs following in Matt Hancock’s shameful footsteps to the jungle.
“Hancock disgracefully deserted his constituents for the sake of his ego. In any other job he’d have been sacked for going AWOL.”
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Ms Jardine added: “Matt Hancock spent days crawling through snakes instead of trawling through casework. He won food for campmates while his constituents wondered how they will feed their families this winter.
“People facing soaring bills deserve MPs who listen to their concerns and stand up for them, not use their position to appear in reality TV shows.”