Penny Mordaunt is sending the internet into a frenzy, and it’s all thanks to a resurfaced clip of her belly flop on Splash!.
The politician, currently one of the frontrunners in the race to become the next prime ministerappeared on the short-lived ITV competition show in 2014, the same series in which Gemma Collins said her prayers as she went to the diving board in a black bathing suit dress.
The appearance of Mrs. Mordaunt on Splash! turned out to be nothing short of entertaining, with the throwback video showing her mess up a difficult dive, hitting the water box first.
Dressed in a red swimsuit, Mrs. Mordaunt looked confident as she prepared to take the plunge.
But seconds later, the possible future prime minister awkwardly hit the pool.
Judge Jo Brand appeared unimpressed by the politician’s execution in an extensive piece of footage shared on YouTube.
Unsurprisingly, the clip has seriously tickled many, with some suspecting that her stint as our next leader will reflect her diving skills.
‘Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the UK’s next proposed globalist prime minister, Penny Mordaunt,’ said one.
“I predict her tenure as Prime Minister will be just as successful as her appearance on ITV’s television series Splash! A HUGE BELLY FLAP!’
Others, however, want to see the series reappear on television.
‘Petition for ITV to have all episodes of Splash! on Demand if Penny makes it to the last 2,” one wrote.
Ms. Mordaunt was the ninth celebrity to be eliminated after the likes of Paul Young and stand-up comedian Patrick Monahan.
The season was won by Diversity dancer Perri Kiely, with Paralympic runner Richard Whitehead in second and singer Keith Duffy in third.
After her bid for leadership, Ms. Mordaunt has vowed to make defense the government’s “first task” if she is victorious in the race for number 10.
The Commerce Secretary and former Defense Secretary jumped ahead of Secretary of State Liz Truss after the first ballot by Tory MPs, despite being seen as a relative outlier before the race started.
Writing for the Daily Mail, Ms Mordaunt pledged to deliver on the UK’s NATO commitment to spend 2.5% of GDP on defense by 2030, as she said Britain should ‘hold on’ to the shared the nation’s values of ‘strength, honesty and decency’, (and) a willingness to stand up for what is right’.
“The defense of the empire is the first duty of any government,” she wrote.
“We will stand with NATO in defense of our common values and we will not shy away from the upheaval and put boots on the ground at the borders of the alliance.”
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