
Matt Hancock appeared to have gotten’special treatment’ when shooting Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins last year.
On the Channel 4 show, which will premiere later this year, the former health secretary faced some rigorous training assignments.
Soon after, he entered the jungle for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! when he finished third, much to the surprise of many observers.
The SAS special follows a group of celebrities and public individuals as they go through portions of the genuine Special Forces selection course under the supervision of Chief Instructor Rudy Reyes, as well as Directing Staff Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham, and Remi Adeleke.
While it has yet to be officially revealed who will appear in the series, Hancock’s involvement on the show has sparked much conjecture, with some claiming he earned £45,000 for the performance.
Without naming Hancock, ex-army star Foxy spoke on Martin Compston’s podcast Restless Natives about someone who ‘everyone knows who is doing the show’.


‘There’s a celebrity edition featuring the one and only former…’ co-host Gordon Smart began, before Foxy stopped him: ‘That’s not been confirmed yet because the celebrity one doesn’t go out later in the year’.
Hinting about Hancock without naming him, Foxy continued: ‘Well everyone knows, but it’s not been released, so I don’t want to be associated…’
Gordon went on to ask Foxy: ‘Have you ever felt more like water-boarding one of the f*****ts more on the show than someone on the next series of SAS Who Dares Wins?
‘It must have been the closest you’ve been to going, “Get him in there for the special treatment”.’

Jason teased: ‘Well, he got some special treatment – whoever we are talking about…’
While the exact cast for Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins 2023 has yet to be announced, Hancock is expected to appear with James Argent and Gareth Gates.
Hancock has yet to confirm how much he was paid to go on I’m A Celebrity, although it was reported that he was among the show’s highest-paid stars, earning roughly £400,000.
He previously claimed that he will donate a portion of his proceeds from the reality show to St Nicholas Hospice Care, a charity for which he donated about £8,000 at last year’s London Marathon.
‘Matt will be making a donation to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk, and he will, of course, declare the amount he receives from the show to Parliament to ensure complete transparency, as normal,’ a source told us.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins returns to Channel 4 later this year.