It seemed like fun at first, but now we all have to live with the appalling fact that this public hate figure is being paid nearly half a million pounds for us to pour some maggots on him
Back in 2011, the first episode of Black Mirror revolved around the prime minister being forced to have sex with a pig on television. For weeks the prospect of such a spectacle entranced and enthralled the nation but, when the moment itself came, viewers found themselves depressed and appalled by the act. Anyway, Matt Hancock is on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! now.
After days of anticipation, Hancock has finally arrived in the camp, a little later than everyone else, although his entrance was as grim as you would expect. To arrive at camp, he was forced to crawl on his belly through a narrow, pitch-black tunnel, where he was festooned with scorpions, maggots and a substance he could only describe as “slurry”.