Is Boris still Foreign Secretary, asks his father as he’s kicked out of the jungle
A WEEK is a long time in politics, so after more than a fortnight in the Australian jungle Boris Johnson’s father had one question on his mind – does my son still have a job?
As he left ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here following a public vote, Stanley Johnson said he was looking forward to checking his emails, and seeing whether Boris was still in Theresa May’s Cabinet.
Stanley, himself a former Tory politician, left the Australian jungle after losing a public vote. He told presenters Ant and Dec that he was ‘gutted’ to be booted out and said he had enjoyed being surrounded by nature.
Asked what he was looking forward to now he was re- entering civilisation, the 77-year- old said: ‘I’m absolutely looking forward to my emails, isn’t that pathetic?
‘I want to know if Boris is still Foreign Secretary for example… I’m sure he is doing a fantastic job. I will look it up quickly.’ The former MEP had never seen the show before entering the jungle but said it ranked very high on his list of experiences.
He said: ‘I love being in wonderful empty places with few people… what an environment. Congratulations Australia.’
He also said that his time in the jungle had been a ‘wonderful form of gastric surgery’.
Stanley, who was the fifth person to be voted off the show, also backed Made In Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo to go on to win the contest. Last night’s episode saw ex-footballer Dennis Wise and Iain Lee clash as they debated the comedian’s record during the show’s bushtucker trials.
The seven remaining celebrities were asked to nominate one person to make their way through a tomb filled with cockroaches, scorpions, crocodiles and snakes.
As Lee attempted to throw his hat in the ring for the task, Wise told him: ‘My only problem, and I’ll be honest with you Iain, is that you’ve said, ‘Get me out of here,’ twice and what I don’t want to do is we have no dinner.’