I'm A Celeb campmates wondered if former health secretary Matt Hancock was "trying to tell us something" during a rendition of 'I Want To Break Free' by Queen during a karaoke session on Tuesday night's episode of the ITV reality show. The jovial competition took place as contestants enjoyed an evening at the Jungle Arms pub consuming alcoholic drinks and enjoying indulgent food such as pizza, chips and twiglets.
Hancock faltered a couple of times during his performance, but he was nonetheless praised for "going for it". Following his performance, fellow campmate and comedian Seann Walsh told the Bush Telegraph: "I think Matt was trying to tell us something when he sang 'I Want To Break Free'... be free Matt!"
Soap star Owen Warner added: “Whatever you’ve got to say about Matt Hancock, he absolutely went for it tonight and absolutely loved it, everyone went for it.” Other contestants were less impressed, with comedian Babatunde Aleshe saying: “Lord have mercy, what was Matt doing?”
The West Suffolk MP, who previously admitted on an early episode of the series that he was a fan of Ed Sheeran, described his karaoke experience as “brilliant”. He added: “I’m a massive Queen fan but I could have sung any one equally badly but that was brilliant."
Other performances came from Lioness star Jill Scott who delivered a rendition of the Black Eyed Peas' 2003 hit 'Where Is The Love?'. “I think music and dancing and nice drinks, where can you go wrong? There definitely wasn’t anyone who was sad in the Jungle Arms tonight,” she said.
Boy George, who later became the fourth celebrity eliminated from the show, got the celebrities dancing with a performance of his band Culture Club's 1983 hit 'Karma Chameleon'. The singer, 61, was announced as the celebrity with the fewest votes by hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
George at times struggled with Hancock's presence in camp, reflecting in his post-elimination interview with Ant and Dec: “Having Matt in here was really challenging for a lot of reasons… By the way, he’s just a person. In here he’s just a person, he mucked in, he was really, really doing a lot to help everyone, so I can’t judge him on that.”
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues on Wednesday at 9pm on ITV1.
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