matt hancock
The EastEnders star said he turned down "s***loads" of money to appear in this year's series.
The total is close to the last Tory exodus, seen ahead of Labour's 1997 landslide victory.
The Conservatives seem happy to forgive and forget the MP's stint on I'm A Celebrity.
The former health secretary may regret knocking his Tory colleague during a speech to Eton schoolboys.
Matt Hancock and Nigel Farage are two of the show's recent controversial signings.
The former health secretary is the most senior figure to admit the government was too slow to act.
But an ally of the former health secretary said Boris Johnson's former aide is "not a reliable witness".
Ex-health secretary says he should have used his “hunch to overrule the science”.
"How can we find these men eating testicles amusing? After all that they’ve done?"
Simon Case said dealing with the then-prime minister's team during Covid was "like taming wild animals".