Ant and Dec have acknowledged their newfound political clout on the semi final of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
During their opening monologue, Dec proudly puffed his chest out and said: “As some of you may know, this show was mentioned in the House of Commons last Wednesday.”
Ant continued the theme: “Yes, ever since then we’ve become increasingly aware of our political and social responsibilities.
“We take those responsibilities extremely seriously.”
“Hear, hear, hear and we certainly do,” said Dec. “And we start tonight with some farting.”
As the crew cracked up, viewers were then shown a particularly gassy start to the campmates day.
Ant and Dec have been referencing the ongoing crisis at 10 Downing Street in their opening monologues all week.
On Tuesday December 7’s show Dec said: “It’s all changed in camp now, because yesterday the celebs chose a new leader.
“And that means David [Ginola]’s reign is over. But they didn’t celebrate. They didn’t have a party, they categorically deny any suggestion that they had a party. And this fictional party definitely didn’t involve cheese and wine or a secret Santa,” Ant continued.
The crew members laughed and Dec followed it up with a more direct dig: “Evening Prime Minister… for now.”
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer referenced the Geordie duo’s dig at PM Boris Johnson in Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
“It is obvious what happened. Ant and Dec are ahead of the Prime Minister on this. The Prime Minister has been caught red-handed. Why doesn’t he end the investigation right now by just admitting it?”
The Geordie duo’s digs have even been discussed in the Guardian.
“Ant and Dec are universally popular and therefore very influential,” said media expert Lis Howell.
“They’re more damaging than any pundits. It’s the court jester who has the power to mock the king, but it’s no good mocking the king unless there’s some truth in it.”
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