former health minister Matt Hancock founded his own TV company after appearing in two reality TV shows.
The West Suffolk MP, who lost the Tory whip over his performance in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, has already said he will stand down at the next general election.
The formation of television programming and broadcasting company Greenhazel, first reported by the Sunday People, suggests Mr Hancock is hoping for more TV opportunities.
Mr Hancock is listed as the only director of the company who was registered with Companies House in January at an address in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Mr Hancock’s stint in the Australian jungle on the ITV reality show netted him £320,000 last year, of which £10,000 was donated to charity.
He also earned £45,000 for taking part in Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Mr Hancock was health minister for nearly three years but resigned in June 2021 after it emerged he had broken his own Covid-19 guideline by kissing and hugging aide Gina Coladangelo in his office.
Mrs Coladangelo greeted Mr Hancock as he left the jungle third and stood by his side in the audience of the ITV skating show Dancing on ice earlier this month.
His regular TV appearances even spawned Brit Awards presenter status Mo Gilligan to joke that his next venture would be Love Island at the February 11 ceremony.
“I’ve talked to security, don’t worry, Matt Hancock won’t be there, but you’ll see him at a show,” the comedian said.
“He’ll be at Casa Amor tomorrow night.”
Mr Hancock’s performance in I’m a Celeb was criticized by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and other top Tories, and also mocked by some fellow MPs.
More than 1,000 complaints were made to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom about his participation.
Mr Hancock said that out of his fee he made donations to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and the British Dyslexia Association, adding that the £10,000 he gave away was more than his monthly salary as an MP, which is around £7,000 a month.
Records in the MPs’ register of interests also showed that he had received £48,000 for an interview and the publication of his book Pandemic Diaries in the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday newspapers.
Mr Hancock will testify in the summer in an inquiry into the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.