I'm A Celebrity viewers were fuming as Matt Hancock finally addressed an important subject.
The former Health Secretary's appearance on TV's toughest entertainment challenge has proved to be controversial as he was forced to resign during the pandemic for breaking his own social distancing rules. Mr Hancock defended his decision to enter the Australian jungle as he said he would use the stint to raise awareness of dyslexia.
The show has been on for two weeks and Mr Hancock finally mentioned the condition in tonight's episode. In a discussion with Sean Walsh and Babatunde Alesha, the West Suffolk MP spoke about how he struggled with English at school.
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He said: "I desperately wanted to learn. One side on maths I could and on English I couldn’t. He added: "And then the moment I was identified as dyslexic at university suddenly instead of feeling I was just rubbish at something and useless, it was ahhhh… so actually I am ok with language, it’s just my brain works differently and I can work on that."
Viewers following the show on Twitter were annoyed after the exchange as it has taken Mr Hancock two weeks to address dyslexia as he claimed it was his main reason for doing the show.
Chris said: "Finally a reference to #dyslexia from @MattHancock."
Kay added: "Did Matt Hancock mention a line about Dyslexia just then? How many weeks has it been since #ImaCeleb started? What was the reason that Hancock gave for going into the jungle?"
Ian commented : "Two weeks in, Matt Hancock has finally remembered that his excuse for going on to #ImACeleb was his ‘passionate’ desire to talk about dyslexia"
Fiona posted: "The only time in 2 weeks Matt Hancock has actually mentioned Dyslexia, and it’s just to say what we already knew Matt Hancock has Dyslexia."
Madz tweeted: "Matt Hancock has finally brought up dyslexia, the reason he allegedly came on the show to raise awareness for… two weeks in."
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