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Chris Moyles said he “ran away” from the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! camp when Matt Hancock asked for forgiveness – as the MP is tipped to make it to the final three.
The radio host said he had to “separate” the former health minister from his fellow campmate because it was “the only way” he and “some others” in the jungle could cope with Matt being next to them.
It comes as betting firm Ladbrokes revealed that Matt has surpassed Mike Tindall to become the third favorite in betting to win the entire series, at odds of 7/1.
Reveal: Chris Moyles said he ‘ran away’ from the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! camp when Matt Hancock asked for forgiveness – as the MP is tipped to make it to the final three
On Thursday night, Chris was the sixth celebrity to be voted out of the jungle after spending 20 days in camp.
Speaking on his own station Radio X after leaving, Chris started by explaining that most camp talks are not broadcast on the show – and he had spoken to the East Suffolk MP on several occasions about his decision to take part in the reality show.
“I was kind of venting at first when he came in because, well, I’ll just say it: he should be at work. Because he is a Member of Parliament,” Chris said Friday morning.
“He gets paid to represent people and their interests and hopefully improve their lives, and I don’t know how he does that by going to the jungle show.
King of the jungle? It comes as betting firm Ladbrokes revealed that Matt has surpassed Mike Tindall to become the third favorite in betting to win the entire series, at odds of 7/1
“There was a point where we started a conversation about him and it got pretty exciting — which I accidentally started by being smart and saying, ‘So when is your book out?’ and he went “Next month”.
‘I didn’t know he had a book!
“And the reason I was annoyed with him was because Seann, who did something in his personal life that got tossed in all the papers and didn’t affect my life in any way, has had a really, really hard time career-wise, mentally. in terms of health.
“He was very open about it and came on the show to basically say, ‘I’m really not a bad guy, can I start over?
“Which is very fair and takes a lot of balls to do that.
“And Matt Hancock kind of dove around a few questions I thought, then said, ‘I think all I’m asking is forgiveness.'”
The former health minister sparked controversy when it was confirmed earlier this month that he would be heading into the Australian jungle.
Tense: Speaking on his own station Radio X, Chris started by explaining that most camp talks are not broadcast on the show – and he had spoken to the East Suffolk MP several times about his decision to take part in the reality show
He asked for “a little forgiveness” after a barbecue by fellow campmates about his controversies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chris continued, “At that point I had to walk out of camp and just get out of there because I personally thought that was kind of fake. And that really turned me on.
“I had to separate Matt Hancock from Matt who was in camp, who was doing his best during court cases to try and win food for us.
“Because when you’re there, you just want to eat because everyone’s hungry — it becomes very real rather than entertainment.”
“Like you do bad on a trial, you feel terrible and you walk into camp, everyone is nice, but you know that everyone is a little bit disappointed.
Emotional: The former health minister, 44, struggled to contain his emotions as he apologized to the camp for having an affair with Gina Coladangel
“As a campmate he did a great job, and as a man he lives in a different world than you and me. But he is human.
“So I kind of had to have two people — there’s Matt Hancock who I’m having issues with, and there’s Matt who I was in the jungle with.
“I know it almost sounds like an excuse, but that was the only way myself and some of the others there could deal with that fact.”
He added: ‘I tried to ask him certain questions without bullying him – I felt it was unfair to corner him.
“But honestly one day I was sitting in a hammock with him sitting on the edge of a bed, literally facing each other and I thought, if James O’Brien or Nick Ferrari were here right now, the questions would be huge. ‘
Jungle Journey: ‘I was a bit relieved at first when he came in, because, well, I’m just saying: he should be at work. Because he’s an MP,” Chris said on Friday morning (pictured, he arrives at his hotel after leaving the jungle on Thursday)
He also told radio presenter Roby Tarrant that in an off-air moment he asked Matt if he’d ever stolen anything from Downing Street or Buckingham Palace – but the MP insisted he hadn’t.
“It’s really tricky because I haven’t seen what’s on the show,” he said. “You get up around six in the morning, okay, and you go to bed around ten, half past nine at night.
“So that’s a long time to be in camp if you’re not doing a trial or challenge.
“There are so many things that we talked about, joked about, did, didn’t do, some made it on the show, but most of them don’t make it because they can’t.
“I think there’s about 20 minutes of camp life in each episode, so that’s really not much.”
Elsewhere, Jill Scott continues to lead the way at 2/5 to be crowned Queen of the Jungle, while Seann Walsh is the heavy 1/4 favorite to be sent next.
Mike Tindall is second in line for the boat, at odds of 11/2, followed by Matt Hancock at 6/1, Owen Warner at 16/1 and Jill Scott at 33/1.
Listen to The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X with Toby Tarrant replacing Chris while in Australia, 6.30am – 10am weekdays and 8am – 11am Saturday.
From: Chris also told radio presenter Roby Tarrant that on an off-air time he asked Matt if he’d ever stolen anything from Downing Street or Buckingham Palace – but the MP insisted he hadn’t