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Kim Woodburn slams Matt Hancock for going on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Kim Woodburn has slammed Matt Hancock for going on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

The How Clean Is Your House star, 80, was a contestant on the show in 2009 and reckons the disgraced MP has no place in the new series.

Speaking to Mark Dolan on GB News, Kim said that although anyone had a right to appear on the show, Mr Hancock's position as a serving MP meant it was 'inappropriate'.

She said: “He has a constituency. You see you can't let people down. That's exactly what he's done.

“His constituency in Suffolk is right now going through two very serious situations, and the people in Suffolk are very worried.

“One is the fact that they're thinking of canceling a bus service. And a lot of people who desperately rely on it will be crippled without it.

Kim Woodburn made her feelings about Matt Hancock abundantly clear (GB NEWS)

“And secondly, many farmers in Suffolk are under threat of losing their farms, they're going to purchase them by compulsory purchase. And they're so worried."

The cleaning guru continued: “Now they've appealed to him [ Matt Hancock ] on two very serious things, their livelihood, their families, and he is supposed to be sorting it out.

“Now how can he meet his constituents when he's gone into the jungle for three weeks?”

Mr Hancock should be stripped of his MP salary for signing up to I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, according to the nation.

Nearly three quarters of Brits polled (72 per cent) said the former Health Secretary should not receive a penny of his estimated £84,000 annual MP salary while he’s in the jungle.

Mr Hancock, who has claimed he’s ‘contactable for constituency emergencies’ has sparked a huge backlash for deciding to go on the ITV show.

Nearly 6 out of 10 (56 per cent) thought it was a bad move for the MP, while just 15% consider it a ‘good move’ according to the new research by OnePoll.

And 48 per cent say they’ll be voting for him for EVERY Bushtucker trial.

Kim slammed contestants for complaining they were "starving" (ITV / Rex Features)

Speaking about her own stint in the jungle, Kim said: "The only thing I found, and I find it every series I watch, is the way they all constantly moan about being hungry.

“You didn't hear me moan about it once and I'm a big woman, I eat and I'm five foot 10 and eat like a horse.

“But you know you never heard me moan because they give you enough to live on. You're peckish, but you're not starving.

“But everyone in that jungle, You'll hear it, you'll hear it start saying: 'Oh, I'm hungry, I can't go on'. Oh, don't talk tripe, you are peckish but to say you're starving!”

• I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! starts on Sunday on ITV at 9pm

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