Things became very uncomfortable quite quickly on Good Morning Britain when presenter Adil Ray got into a heated clash with Matt Hancock as he questioned him on his reported affair.
The former Secretary of State for Health came on to the show to discuss his new campaign which focuses on people living with dyslexia.
However, Matt was severely grilled by presenters Susanna Reid and Adil about the reported “Christmas party” that took place in Downing Street last year while the UK was under strict Covid rules and whether he knew it was going on.
But the interview became even more heated when Adil divulged into Matt’s marital affair and asked whether “he knew” there were cameras in his office when he was caught kissing businesswoman Gina Coladangelo.
When asked about the supposed affair, Matt told Adil that he took “responsibility” for his actions by deciding to step down as Health Secretary.
However, Adil asked: “Did you know there was a camera in the office?”
Matt replied: “I’m not going into it. I’m not going into it.”
He continued: “I’m not going into what happened around that period. You know cards on the table, I’ve apologised. That’s that.
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Susanna chimed: “You’ve been held accountable, you have left your job, you’ve apologised.
“From that I take people should be held accountable and then people should apologise if rules have been broken.”
Referring back to the reported party that took place last year, Matt replied: “I think the starting point is to understand what happened and I don’t know.”
When asked if he knew more details about the event last year, Matt continued to tell the presenters he was unaware of any party that took place and he “wasn’t invited”.
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Despite claiming to not know anything, Adil continued to press on and asked him about it numerous times to explain what happened.
But the politician insisted that he only recently found out about the events.
Watching the scenes unfold, viewers took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the interview.
One spectator said: “Adil getting his a***d smacked by the legend that is Matt.”
Another said: “Matt Hancock saying he doesn’t know if there was a party and his department didn’t break any rules last year. Well yes, he was busy having an affair during work at that time. Why is he on #gmb!? Painful.”
While a third said: “Disgusting and disappointing interview with Matt Hancock. He came on to talk about dyslexia and was tortured about his affair and the xmas party.”
The news comes after ITV broke the news that Conservative staff members were caught on video joking about a Christmas party during the height of covid lockdown.
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