The Telegraph
The other contestants woke from the shindig worse for wear. Not fearless Farage. He hauled Josie and Danielle out of their bus bunk with the battle cry, “We didn’t win the biggest empire the world’s ever seen lying around in bed” – a quote from Churchill or possibly Darth Vader.
Later, he opened up about why he’d gone on I’m A Celeb. It wasn’t the dosh (he is reportedly receiving a record £1.5 million for his twirl beneath the canopy). No, here he offered the “Hancock defence”, repeating Matt Hancock’s line from the previous year about wanting people to see the “real” him – the person behind the politician. After karaoke night, we’d really seen a lot of him – not quite the same thing.
“Some of the press you get…demonised by some people,” he complained. In the jungle, he added, “people see you who really are.. it might help, it might not.”
It was a thoughtful address. But it was by no means the best spiel of the night. That honour went to boxer Tony Bellew, who had several pounds of offal poured on him during the Bushtucker Trial. He looked more upset than Vladimir Putin when he heard Taylor Swift had pipped him for Time Person of the Year.
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