Scarlette Douglas gave a bit of an awkward answer after being put on the spot over whether she sees Matt Hancock as a friend following her stint in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle.
The A Place In The Sun presenter became the second contestant to be eliminated from the ITV series and followed Loose Women’s Charlene White out of camp.
Appearing on Monday’s episode of Good Morning Britain, Scarlette was grilled by Richard Madeley on whether there’s any sort of friendship between herself and the former Health Secretary.
Madeley began by making a point that Hancock eventually managed to win his campmates over after winning many stars in exchange for meals.
‘For me, I had to pull him aside and just let him know how I was feeling about him being in the jungle,’ Scarlette replied.
‘When we are in there we are in an enclosed space and it’s a very strange environment, so nobody wanted to be toxic. We just had to get on, be friends, be a family in camp, otherwise it’s just not going to work.
‘In the jungle, we will get on, but it doesn’t mean outside we’re going to be best mates at all. In here, we’ll work together as a team and that’s all we can do.’
Madeley then probed: ‘Do you like him?’
Scarlette paused before she answered, and eventually replied: ‘I like his get up and go. I like the fact he has drive, I like the fact he’s determined, I like that he won’t give up on anything.
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‘Those are attributes I like in general, so do I like Matt Hancock specifically?
‘I don’t think I had enough time to really get to know him because when he came in, he was trying to win us all over.’
She continued: ‘He was doing his best to make sure he was involved in everything. But, for me, it was just I want to make sure as a camp we all get on.’
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.
