Matt Hancock pushes restrict on Celebrity SAS after ‘adversity’ as well being secretary
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att Hancock mentioned he wished to push his limits on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins after rising from a “challenging period as health secretary during the pandemic”.
The West Suffolk MP stars within the present’s greatest line-up with 16 well-known faces, together with Gareth Gates, Melinda Messenger and James Argent, being put by way of their paces within the jungle section of SAS choice in Thung Ui, North Vietnam.
The gruelling Channel 4 present is returning to TV screens on September 26 with seven 60-minute episodes, that includes chief teacher Mark “Billy” Billingham, and his directing workers Jason “Foxy” Fox, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver.
Among the recruits for the upcoming sequence is Mr Hancock, who was well being secretary for nearly three years however resigned in June 2021 after it emerged he had damaged his personal Covid-19 steering by kissing and embracing aide Gina Coladangelo in his workplace.
He mentioned: “Being on SAS was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. It’s one of the toughest physical and mental things I’ve ever done.
“It really opens your eyes and makes you look into yourself.
“After coming through the most challenging period as health secretary during the pandemic, I wanted to push my limits.”
“It’s safe to say the course tested my resilience,” the 44-year-old added.
Mr Hancock misplaced the Tory whip over his stint within the Australian jungle on the ITV actuality present on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2022, which was criticised by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Fellow Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins recruit Gates, who discovered fame on TV expertise present Pop Idol, described the present as “an experience like no other”.
“I learnt very quickly that there is a difference between being gym fit and battle fit,” the 39-year-old mentioned.
While TV presenter Messenger, 52, mentioned : “It was incredible, the most intensely physically challenging thing I’ve done”, and former The Only Way Is Essex star Argent, 35, described it as: “The type of show that pushes you to breaking point.”
Also participating are singers Michelle Heaton and Siva Kaneswaran, TV Personality Danielle Lloyd, former footballer Jermaine Pennant and former rugby participant Gareth Thomas, in addition to actuality stars Montana Brown, Teddy Soares and Amber Turner.
Comedian Zoe Lyons, actress Kirsty-Leigh Porter, British Olympian Perri Shakes-Drayton and Paralympic gold medallist Jon-Allan Butterworth will even function within the upcoming sequence.
The fifth superstar sequence is a spin-off of the unique SAS: Who Dares Wins which noticed civilians put by way of navy coaching workout routines to check their bodily and psychological power.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins returns to Channel 4 on September 26 at 9.30pm.