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Matt Hancock reveals staggering pay packet he earned from I’m A Celeb
MATT Hancock today revealed he pocketed an eye-watering £320,000 for starring on I'm A Celeb.
The former Health Secretary disclosed the massive sum on top of a £48,000 serialisation for his memoirs.
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Hancock's staggering Jungle pay packet was disclosed in his register of interests as an MP.
He has previously promised to give some of his telly and book earnings to charity.
A spokesman for Matt Hancock said: "As well as raising the profile of his dyslexia campaign in front of 11-million viewers, Matt's donated £10,000 to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and the British Dyslexia Association, off the back of his appearance on 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here'."
Hancock - who lost the Tory whip for going on the ITV show - finished third in the Jungle after losing out to Lioness Jill Scott, 35, and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner, 23.
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After returning from Down Under he launched his book Pandemic Diaries, detailing his time in government during Covid.
He has been slammed for defending his own response to the pandemic while laying into care home bosses, ex-No10 aide Dominic Cummings and a string of others in the book.
Hancock has announced he is stepping down as an MP at the next election - and has called time on his showbiz career.
He said he was leaving Westminster to explore ";exciting opportunities" outside Parliament.
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Allies say he will not do another reality show, but that he could be tempted to make documentaries.
Hancock was forced to resign as Health Secretary after The Sun revealed his affair with aide Gina Coladangelo last year.
It comes as cops on Thursday charged a man on suspicion of assaulting him on the Tube.
Geza Tarjanyi, 61, will appear in court next month after allegedly shoved Hancock and followed him through Westminster station
Meanwhile Boris Johnson received a £500,000 advance from Harper Collins for his upcoming book.
The ex-PM is writing a political memoir "like no other" on his turbulent time in No10.
He has pocketed more than £1million so far since leaving Downing St in September.
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