It wasn’t April Fool’s Day but the news earlier in the week most definitely felt like fake news or a big joke.
Matt Hancock, who already made a bit of a fool of himself by telling us all to social distance and then not distancing himself from the colleague he was caught canoodling with in his office, is set to make an even bigger fool of himself by appearing in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
What was he thinking? Who on Earth advised him that this would be a good idea?
For starters he isn’t a celebrity, he is a serving politician who should be working hard in his constituency not swanning about in a five-star hotel in Australia getting a sun tan before he goes into the show.
It’s genius casting from ITV.
Ratings
The ratings will go through the roof and he is bound to be voted to do all the awful trials.
He must know this.
Or is he really is out of touch enough to think that he can change the British public’s mind and they will forget all about the mistakes made during covid?
I very much doubt this but stranger things have happened.
Somehow, I don’t see Chris Moyles or Boy George getting on with him. I don’t think he is in for an easy ride from the public or from his campmates.
Oh and I’m looking forward to the jokes Ant and Dec come up with at his expense.
We must remember he is not being forced to be made fun of.
Oh no, this man has voluntarily decided to put earning a big fee and upping his fame, ahead of being a serious politician and doing the job he was voted in to do.
Paving the way
Well, this time people will be voting for him to eat parts of kangaroos we don’t even want to look at.
Of course, he isn’t the first politician to go in there.
Nadine Dorries and Kezia Dugdale paved the way for him.
Whatever next? Boris will be dressed in sparkly Lycra doing the tango on Strictly. Or Liz Truss will be getting her skates on.
She was skating on thin ice while she was prime minister so she might be an expert with a bit of tuition from Torvill and Dean.
Saying stuff like this used to be a tongue-in-cheek joke but now unbelievably it’s not beyond the realms of possibility.
Whatever happened to serious politicians we could look up to?
Imagine the TV producer who said: “Let’s ask Matt Hancock to come to the jungle.” They must have all laughed and said “it’s worth a try”, not thinking for a minute that he would agree.
Well, let’s watch the show and see if he is as delusional as we think he is.
They also have royalty going in there, well almost.
Mike Tindall, the ex-rugby player and son-in-law of Princess Anne will be there.
He seems really likeable and as a rugby player will be good at all the physical challenges.
I’m most certainly going to be glued to my TV every night. It seems like it might be one of the best series of the show ever.
Speaking of celebrities, I literally bumped into one in London this week who would be much more popular in the jungle.
Strictly
I made my friends guess who it was, telling them it was someone they all would also love to meet.
It didn’t take them too long to figure out that it was the gorgeous Giovanni from Strictly.
He looks even better in real life. I was a bit star-struck which I’m not usually, but everyone likes Giovanni.
I also bumped into someone who wasn’t a celebrity but was very memorable.
I was at my local station and a young woman was struggling down the stairs to the platform with a very large case and a cat basket.
Someone helped her and was talking to her about the little kitten in the basket. I recognised her accent as being like mine and soon found out she was from Inverurie, and she was taking the cat all the way to Inverness from Bedford where she was going to live with her parents.
I kept thinking about the sweet little kitten called Mona who was off to a new life in Inverness. If you know her say hello from me.
Have a good week,
Yvie x
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