I’m A Celeb Exclusive: THE WHOLE COUNTRY WANTS HIM TO EAT HUMBLE PIE….BUT DON’T EXPECT MATT HANCOCK TO CRASH AND BURN

LEMBIT OPIK has backed Matt Hancock not to suffer a jungle meltdown – but warned the entire country wants him “to eat humble pie”
The former Liberal Democrat MP starred on I’m A Celebrity back in 2010, and has supported the former Health Secretary over his decision to take part.
And speaking to GB News today, Mr Opik said he would be surprised if repeated trials took their toll on Mr Hancock.
He said: “A lot of people just want to punish him. They don’t really care if he does well or not. They want him to have to eat humble pie as well as all the other horrible stuff. I do think people underestimate Matt. He is a decent human being, he does make mistakes. But he’s actually quite tough so I would be surprised if he crashes and burns psychologically.”
Meanwhile Lembit has opened up about his own horrors Down Under, revealing how he was the first ever celeb to be bitten by a SNAKE.
He said: “The worst thing that happened to me, nobody could see on the screen. I got bitten by a snake, the first person ever to be bitten by a snake from the jungle. That was horrendous. But even then I didn’t squeal. I didn’t swear.”
Lembit’s comments come after Mr Hancock’s former Tory colleague, the ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond joined those to speak out on his decision to take part.
Speaking to Gloria De Piero, Lord Hammond said: “I have watched I’m A Celebrity in the past. So I know what it’s about. I am not a fan. And I will not be tuning in to watch Matt Hancock, I think I’ve seen probably quite enough of Matt Hancock to last me a lifetime. Should he be there? Well, that’s his decision I think. Probably he’s sending a pretty clear signal that he’s decided to move on from politics.”
Matt Hancock was challenged by his fellow campmates during his first appearance on the reality series.
ITV News presenter Charlene White asked the MP if he could understand if people were “not very happy” about him taking part while Parliament was sitting.
Boy George said it was “difficult” to have him there after his mother had been in hospital during the pandemic.
Hancock has said he is on the show to raise awareness of dyslexia.
Ahead of his entry into the camp in Australia, the former health secretary faced a barrage of criticism for his decision to enter the jungle while serving as an MP.
Hancock had the Tory whip suspended after his participation in the show was announced. The reaction prompted speculation about the welcome he would receive from his campmates and how he would respond.
In his first full episode, broadcast on Wednesday, Hancock took a calm and assured approach to his first Bushtucker trial, alongside the more squeamish Seann Walsh.
The episode concluded with Hancock being told the public had also voted him to take part in the next trial, called The Tentacles of Terror.
Referring to him being in the camp, White said: “I can only imagine the reaction back home, I can imagine that it hasn’t gone down well.”
Asked by her why he had joined the series when Parliament was not in recess, he replied: “I genuinely think that because we’ve now got sort of stability…”
White told him: “We’ve had stability for all of five minutes, Matt.” Hancock responded: “Rishi’s great, he’ll be fine.”
Elsewhere, singer Boy George told fellow campmate Scarlette Douglas: “At the beginning of the pandemic, my mum was in hospital. I wasn’t allowed to see her. I thought she was going to die.
“I feel like, I don’t want to be sitting here like I’m having fun with him [Hancock]. It’s difficult for me because, you know, if something happened, if my mum had [died], I wouldn’t be here now. I would have gone when he walked in.”