'Matt Hancock was annihilated by Celebrity SAS officers' says co-star Danielle Lloyd
26.09.2023 - 16:49
/ ok.co.uk
Matt Hancock triggered huge uproar last year when he announced he'd be taking part in the 2022 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. And telly lovers were left equally shocked when earlier this month it was revealed he was in the line-up to appear in the incoming series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins - arguably the most arduous and gruelling reality show in British TV.
But this week, his co-star - and seemingly new close pal - Danielle Lloyd has somewhat defended the former Health Secretary's decision to take part in the hit Channel 4 show, despite the fact he was "annihilated" by the special forces officers that host it. "Some people definitely had a few questions for him over what went down during the pandemic, but I won’t give too much away," the model, 39, exclusively told OK!. "All I’ll say is that he did handle confrontation quite well.
It was such an intense situation, but I think the officers absolutely annihilated him." Following his sporadic decision making during the pandemic, Matt's exit from his government minister role was infamous, triggered by a full-page picture on The Sun newspaper showing him kissing his aide (now girlfriend) Gina Colangelo. But Danielle said she was open to the idea of getting to know the ex-MP on a 1-2-1 basis whilst on the show, claiming herself not to be specifically clued up about all things current affairs. "Do you know what? I didn’t have an opinion on him before," the mum-of-five confessed.
"I’m definitely not into politics, he was just someone I saw on the news every day when we were being told not to leave our houses. "But when I met him, he was nice enough to me – really friendly. I tend to take people as I find them, I try not to take into account things I’ve
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