“He’s got a spring in his step”
(Picture: ITV)Good Morning Britain viewers were left cringing following former health secretary Matt Hancock’s appearance on Wednesday’s show after his giddy entrance.
Things kicked off to a bizarre start when the ToryMP ‘swaggered’ up to his seat alongside Susanna Reid and Adil Ray before getting pressed about the alleged Christmas party he “didn’t know anything about.”
Reid said: “he’s got a spring in his step” as Hancock hitched himself up into the seat with a slight leap. One user joked that he may as well have performed a parkour in the process.
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People turned to Twitter to roast Hancock accordingly, with one questioning, “WTF is that entrance from Matt Hancock?”
why did matt hancock just come on gmb like this #gmb pic.twitter.com/dJnZSUtD9Z
— ɘʞɒꞁ (@druigsupremacyy) December 8, 2021
What was that walk from matt hancock? This man's self love is terrible, why give him air time? He's irrelevant #GMB
— ChrisTheCustodian (@TheCustodian38) December 8, 2021
Surprised he didn't do a parkour jump.....
— Chizzey Tree 🎄 (@Chizzley2) December 8, 2021
WTF is that entrance from Matt Hancock🥴😆🤣 #gmb pic.twitter.com/c2pSueoNWt
— Dollparts (@uniquedollsUK) December 8, 2021
Matt Hancock's entrance though..
— Denise Chester (@Chestikov69) December 8, 2021
It was as farcical as himself 🤣🤣🤣 what 🔔 🔚#gmb
Jesus.. That Hancock man has no shame. #gmb
— Gary Derrick (@garyderrick10) December 8, 2021
After the break, Reid and Ray referenced the moment the Tory “cried” on live TV – which instantly turned into a meme last year.
He responded: “Yeah, but it was a really emotional moment, we’d been working on the vaccine for a year,” he said. “I just about pulled myself together to answer questions.”
Of course, Twitter being Twitter also took to the occasion, wishing the viral appearance a happy anniversary.
In other news. Happy anniversary of the day Matt Hancock pretended to cry on telly 💉 pic.twitter.com/S2P1GdvdRx
— Rachael Venables (@rachaelvenables) December 8, 2021
The hosts have since won praise for grilling Hancock on Wednesday’s GMB.
“You lost your job because you broke the social distancing rules,” Reid said. “When you see that there was a party that potentially broke the rules, how does that make you feel?”
'You lost your job because of breaking the rules so do you not think if anybody has broken the rules that they should lose their jobs too?' - @adilray@MattHancock says 'we just don't know' what happened and if the alleged Christmas party on Downing Street happened. pic.twitter.com/t8Dr7ZfSsd
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) December 8, 2021
“I don’t know anything about the party,” he insisted. “I wasn’t invited, I wasn’t there... I only found out about it late last night.
“I’ve seen what was in the papers. I don’t think anyone is saying that Boris Johnson was there.”
As he continued to be pressed, Hancock continued: “As I said, I don’t know anything more about it... I was working incredibly hard at the time.”
“I take responsibility for my actions,” he added.
