I'm A Celebrity host Ant McPartlin appeared to aim a "savage dig" at Matt Hancock on Friday night's episode, with one fan dubbing the moment an "epic burn." The former health secretary, who made a controversial arrival as a latecomer to the famous jungle, joined forces with former England rugby player royal Mike Tindall for the Fallen Stars Bushtucker Trial.
The pair were tasked with piecing broken stars back together and won a certain amount of time to figure out the puzzle by answering trivia questions. The answers put them at risk of being dunked into a gruesome tank on the ITV reality show.
At one point Ant posed the question: "What is the name for a male rat?" And the presenter turned to West Suffolk MP Matt and asked: "Do you happen to know this Matt?"
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"Not sure," the politician replied. Mike guessed that the term for a male rat was a "stud", which was the wrong answer. With the correct answer being buck, Mike was dunked.
Sharing the moment with 1.3 million followers, the show's official Twitter wrote with laughter emojis: "Absolute savagery from Ant." And some viewers interpreted the quip as a sly dig.
@xxncisaddictxx tweeted: "'What is the name for a male rat? Do you happen to know this Matt?'" Epic burn from Ant." @Lizzidrip replied: "Genius." But@CosmoCoco1204 complained: "That’s bad and very unprofessional."
Later there was shock among viewers of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here a comedian Seann Walsh became the seventh star to be booted out of camp with just 48 hours to go until the final. His exit means Matt, Mike, Lioness Jill Scott and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner have made the final four.
The quartet will take on the iconic challenge that is the Celebrity Cyclone during tonight's installment before only three campmates remaining head into Sunday's trial. Jill Scott is now bookies' favourite to win with Matt second favourite to be named king.
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