Matt Hancock's appearance in I'm A Celebrity prompts 1,100 Ofcom complaints
Matt Hancock was voted for by the public to take on a series of trials on the showOfcom has received 1,100 complaints about former health secretary Matt Hancock appearing on the ITV show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!Hancock has said he hopes to raise awareness of his dyslexia campaign while in the Australian jungle.The broadcast regulator received just under 2,000 complaints about the show in total.
While more than half of those were complaints about Hancock's involvement, some of the others were from viewers expressing concerns about how he was being treated by his campmates. In a blog post on its website, Ofcom wrote: "It's worth being aware that under our rules, in principle - and taking into account freedom of expression - there's no ban on any particular person taking part in programmes.
"However, if the mere presence of a person is likely to cause offence, we would expect broadcasters to take steps to mitigate or justify that offence. How they do that editorially, is up to them." Hancock was suspended from the Conservative parliamentary party after it emerged he was taking part in the show.
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