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Lorraine Kelly mocks Matt Hancock as she brands him a 'pound shop Milk Tray Man'

Lorraine Kelly didn't mince her words as she reacted to Matt Hancock's strange podcast interview, branding him a "pound shop Milk Tray Man".

The disgraced former Health Secretary was forced to resign last year after leaked CCTV showed him in a clinch with adviser Gina Coladangelo in his Whitehall office.

As the footage had been taken on May 6 2021, when indoor social gatherings of people from different households were banned under law and guidance urged people to stay two metres apart and avoid "face to face contact", he had broken his own Covid rules.

Initially, he clung onto his job while boss Boris Johnson was criticised for not sacking him. He resigned soon afterwards after admitted breaking the rules.

Lorraine Kelly didn't mince her words as she reacted to Matt Hancock's strange podcast (ITV)

However, in a new interview - and donning a navy polo neck - he has defended himself by saying he "fell in love" and insisted that he didn't break the law.

Reacting to the interview, Lorraine raised her eyebrows as she retorted: "Yeah. That is Matt Hancock, remember him? Former Health Secretary talking to Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett about his resignation last year.

"I don’t know what he’s come as. He looks like a Bond villain or a pound shop Milk Tray Man, maybe."

Matt Hancock has defended himself by saying he 'fell in love' and insisted that he didn't break the law (ITV)

She added sceptically: "So he fell in love, but lots of people who were in love with each other weren't able to see each other during that time, weren't they?"

In the lengthy interview with the Diary of a CEO podcast, Hancock said: "We fell in love and that's something that was completely outside of my control.

"Of course I regret the pain that's caused and the very, very public nature - anybody who has been through this knows how difficult it is, how painful it is."

*Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV

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