Matt Hancock says newest TV stint – banking him £45,000 – sees him ‘push limits’

Former well being secretary Matt Hancock says his newest look in a actuality TV present was “one of the toughest physical and mental things” he has ever accomplished.

The MP – who was compelled to resign from authorities after being caught breaking his personal COVID steerage by kissing his then-mistress Gina Coladangelo in his workplace – has already filmed his stint on Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, incomes him £45,000 for 80 hours’ work.

It is his second spell on our screens since leaving workplace, after he took half in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, incomes him a good heftier price of £320,000 – although he donated simply over 3% of the fee to charity.

But getting into the jungle additionally led to an enormous backlash from politicians and COVID-bereaved households, ending with him being booted out of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying he was “very disappointed” in his former colleague.

Speaking forward of his Channel 4 debut, which can see 16 celebrities being put by means of SAS choice challenges in North Vietnam, Mr Hancock stated: “Being on SAS was like nothing else I’ve ever skilled. It’s one of many hardest bodily and psychological issues I’ve ever accomplished.

“It really opens your eyes and makes you look into yourself.”

The 44-year-old added: “After coming by means of essentially the most difficult interval as well being secretary through the pandemic, I wished to push my limits.

“It’s safe to say the course tested my resilience.”

Other stars that can be part of him on the gruelling course embody singer Gareth Gates, mannequin and presenter Melinda Messenger, and former actuality TV star James Argent.

The first episode of the brand new sequence will air at 9.30pm on 26 September.