Viewers of Lorraine were left furious when Rachel Johnson criticised I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! contestant Matt Hancock.
Outraged fans of the ITV morning offering took to Twitter to vent their frustration when Rachel appeared on the show on Friday (November 11) to discuss the latest episode of the hit reality offering.
Rachel came under fire from viewers who believed she was being a hypocrite because she is former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s sister.
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Talking about the former Health Secretary’s stint in the jungle she said: “To me, I feel that the redemption arc won’t work for me, because I honestly don’t care about him groping his mistress particularly and I don’t care about him going on reality TV – I’ve taken the cheque too, so that would be unbelievably hypocritical.
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“I think the problem with Matt Hancock in the jungle for me is it’s sort of lose lose when it comes to what happened in the pandemic. He was health secretary. Half the country is furious about the people they didn’t see during lockdown, the people they lost.”
Rachel then admitted feeling Matt’s political career is over as she expanded her views further.
She continued: “Another big part of the country is furious about the stupid rules that he imposed on them. That he didn’t even follow. So in a way he’s united the country against him when it comes to the pandemic.
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“It remains to be seen whether he can do enough in the jungle to change that narrative. To my mind, he can’t course correct at this point.
“Obviously, they are going to see a nice bloke in the jungle. He’s going to come out with a big paycheck and a career in TV ahead of him. But this is the end of his career in politics I think.”
One scathed: “Did I really just witness Rachel Johnson solely blame Matt Hancock for everything during the pandemic? Surely someone must have told her that it was her brother that was leading the country at that time… oh my days, god give me strength.”
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A second viewer continued the sentiment adding: ” Rachel Johnson your brother was implementing the policy for Hancock. haha.”
A third posted: “Isn’t that Boris Johnson’s sister she can’t just put the blame all on Matt Hancock. Her brother was his boss and is part of what happened during the covid. Boris Johnson was Having parties at that time and lied.”
A fourth noted: “Rachel Johnson could be talking about her brother Boris Johnson when she’s talking about Matt Hancock – ‘it was his decision to keep families apart’ etc.”
A fifth social media user tweeted: “And your brother was PM!! How can she sit there and criticise Hancock?”
Lorraine airs weekdays at 9 am on ITV and ITV Player.
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