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Matt Hancock ‘booed’ while at boozy I’m A Celeb reunion as stars meet up at Seann Walsh gig
MATT Hancock was "booed" while at a boozy I'm A Celeb reunion as stars met up at Seann Walsh's comedy gig.
The Suffolk West MP - who announced he would step down at the next General Election - appeared "mortified" after Thursday's incident, which saw the heckler storm out of London’s Soho Theatre.
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The unidentified elderly man interrupted Seann’s set after he revealed his I’m A Celebrity co-star was in the audience alongside his girlfriend Gina Colangelo and Boy George.
As Seann, 37, told the audience: “Can make more noise than that. Matt Hancock is here tonight,” the man stood up and shouted back: “What is that w****r doing here?”
Seann attempted to continue with his set, saying: "It is sold out tonight. About a month ago I could not sell out a phone box but here we are.
"I won't bang on about Covid obviously it was a while ago now. But do you remember the 5pm briefings?
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"We were all sitting there around the sofa, perhaps with your family or partner. It was tense and we did not know what was going to happen.
"We were all sitting there every day like 'What are they going to say?' We had no idea, did we?
"Not for a second did I ever think while I was watching that TV that one day I would be in the jungle being an undercover mole with Matt Hancock. I certainly did not think that one day I would watch that man wash."
He continued: "People say to me: 'What was it like when Matt came through the bushes? What went through your mind?'
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"Well I looked at him and thought: 'Well at least there is one person I can beat.'
"You b***ards. You let Matt get further than me. What is wrong with you? Unbelievable."
The man was not having it however and shouted: “You should not have let Matt Hancock in here.
“It is an absolute disgrace. I can’t believe you joke about it.”
Seann attempted to placate the man, who was with another woman, and told him: “It is a comedy show.”
The man and woman then stormed out, with him shouting back: “It is not a comedy when people in families have died is it?
“It is not a comedy.”
Seann looked slightly shaken by the attack, telling the audience after the man and his wife left: "I told my mum not to let my dad come. He is absolutely furious. I cannot believe this.
"Oh my God. Matt, I am going to go to a different bar after the gig. It is just some comedy, relax people."
An audience member told The Sun Matt, 44, tried to shrug off the incident but appeared shaken.
They said: “It was a mortifying moment for Matt and Gina.
“Although Matt barely moved when it was happening he looked a bit shocked.
“It was clearly not what he was expecting and obviously it was not very nice to have someone shouting about him when he is out with Gina.”
A friend of Matt Hancock told The Sun: "There was a heckler, Seann made a joke, the guy was chucked out and the crowd cheered."
Seann continued his set and said he was horrified by what had happened.
He added: "That was the most awkward moment I have ever experienced in my life.
“Boy George is here as well. I should have opened with that. My mistake.
"The first concert my mum took me to was a Culture Club concert at Wembley Arena. Not then, when I was 12, did I think that 20 years later I was going to be in a pool with Boy George.
"For the next hour please shh then we will all go home. No-one stab Matt Ok? It is important.
"It feels very strange now that he came third. I don't know what is going on."
After the gig, Seann posted to Instagram and said: "Tonight's gig was, erm, eventful. That's the last time I let my dad come to the show."
But, Hancock wrote: "Hilarious evening watching Seann's brilliant show ‘Seann Walsh Is Dead. Happy Now?’
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The night out was the first time Matt has been seen in public since announcing he was quitting politics.
Matt, who came third on I’m A Celebrity and will appear on Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins next year, said online: “I look forward to exploring new ways to communicate with people of all ages and from all backgrounds.”
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