Matt Hancock will 'regret' joining I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here, says Tony Hadley

04.11.2022 - 02:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Tony Hadley said Matt Hancock will regret joining I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! as the focus will be on "juicy gossip" about him rather than raising awareness of dyslexia. Hadley has previously appeared on the reality TV series.

The Spandau Ballet singer said politicians "need to be above celebrity". He also criticised the politician 's decision to go on the show while the "whole country is going through a mess".

Mr Hancock had the Tory whip suspended after it emerged he was joining the reality show at a time when Parliament is sitting and has faced criticism from opposition politicians and from within his own party.

The singer said: "If I was him I wouldn't have gone in. I mean I've got to say from my point of view I had a fantastic time. It was wonderful. But I think at this time in politics in our country, I think that politicians need to be above celebrity. And I don't think it's a good move for him."

Hadley added: "I just think politics has got to be, you know, we're at a point in our country's... sort of time span, life, whatever, when, you know, people are really suffering.

Hadley, who appeared on I'm A Celebrity in 2015, made the comments after picking up his MBE for charitable services to Shooting Star Chase Children's Hospice Care during a ceremony with the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.

He said: "The whole country is going through a mess. We've got stupid wars going on in Europe, Ukraine, Russia, crazy times. We've got China threatening Taiwan and stuff like that. Our politicians need to be focusing on what's the problem at hand, not going into a jungle.

"I mean, he's talking about 'I'm going to talk about dyslexia'. Trust me. They're not interested in dyslexia when you're in the