Watch: Matt Hancock grilled about affair

Westminster tuned in last night for another episode of I’m a Celebrity. There’s no winner yet but one obvious loser, as this year’s subplot appears to be Matt Hancock versus everyone else. Having been mocked on the first night for his Covid record, attention has now moved on to the reason why Hancock had to quit as Health Secretary: the rule-breaking, extra-marital affair, captured on CCTV footage in his own office.

It was left to fellow contestant Babatúndé Aléshé to broach the subject, which he did with all the tact and sympathy of a runaway rhinoceros. Responding to Hancock’s wistful protestations, the comedian retorted: ‘You didn’t just ‘fell in love’ you were grabbing booty bruv!’ adding ‘I don’t judge you bruv. I may take the piss out of you’ before laughing in his face. The womaniser of West Suffolk instead resorted to faux statesman-like talk about how ‘I messed up and I fessed up’ – an imaginative re-writing of the Sun’s revelation of the affair and Hancock’s initial efforts to cling on in office.