I'm A Celeb Matt Hancock clashes with contestants over 'problems' in camp

The MP burnt a packet of rice


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21 November 2022

I'm A Celeb contestant Matt Hancock clashed with fellow campmate Scarlette Douglas over rice in Monday's episode of the ITV reality show. 

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The A Place in the Sun presenter had left the Tory MP to tend to the rice for the evening meal when he took his eye off the ball, leaving a packet of rice to burn. 

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Scarlette lifted the pot to check on the grains and wasn't too impressed: "Totally burnt," she said, before telling Matt: "I thought you were keeping an eye on that, no worries."

Taking to the Bush Telegraph, comedian Seann Walsh commented on the situation: "Matt did a bit of an 'oopsie' with the cooking and forgot that the rice was being cooked."

"I don't remember there being so many problems with the cooking when Charlene was here. I think this restaurant's gone downhill. Sorry Matt," he added. 

Matt said: "We rescued the situation, we got half a pan of rice. Basically we lost one packet of rice. All is well."

Corrie's Sue Cleaver later added: "Not watching the rice and walking away is a no-no," before Matt apologised. 

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The politician's cooking oversight comes just days after Boy George finally confronted him after several days of complaining about the MP. 

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Matt burnt the rice in Sunday night's episode

Previously speaking to Seann Walsh, Boy George said: "Can't stand Matt. I have tried to like him and I’ve failed. I find him slimy, I find him slippery. I find him just… I made a joke about chocolate. He just looked at me like… I wanted to say, 'What are you looking at? Don’t you look at me like that?' I’ve tried to separate what I feel about him from who he is as a person, but I can’t." 

Boy George later told Matt: "I was making a joke about the chocolate. For god’s sake, I was like… let’s have a bit of fun. I didn’t like the way you looked at me. I made a joke and you were like…"

Matt replied: "Oh no, I wasn’t… that wasn’t my intention… I’m really sorry about that. That wasn’t my intention at all." He apologised again, adding: "I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable."

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