Nigel Farage has made his reality TV debut on 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' which started last night (Sunday November 19).
The former UKIP party leader is one of the ten initial campmates on the ITV show, and his appearance has stirred up some controversy.
For his first challenge before entering the jungle, Farage was confronted by a camper van filled with snakes, and he has been selected by the public (along with YouTuber Nella Rose) to take on the season's first bush trucker trial.
We asked people in Manchester for their thoughts on politicians taking part in reality TV and whether they think more people will be tuning in to watch this year.
The former UKIP party leader is one of the ten initial campmates on the ITV show, and his appearance has stirred up some controversy.
For his first challenge before entering the jungle, Farage was confronted by a camper van filled with snakes, and he has been selected by the public (along with YouTuber Nella Rose) to take on the season's first bush trucker trial.
We asked people in Manchester for their thoughts on politicians taking part in reality TV and whether they think more people will be tuning in to watch this year.
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00:00 "He's like my mate. Some people like him, some people hate him. So, you know, the ones who hate him will watch to see him get his comeuppance,
00:10 and the ones who like him will watch to see that he can make a good job of it. And I think he might just make a good job of it. I think he may surprise us all yet."
00:20 Nigel Farage has made his reality TV debut on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, which started last night on Sunday the 19th of November.
00:29 The former UKIP party leader is one of the 10 initial campmates on the ITV show, and his appearance has stirred up some controversy.
00:37 For his first challenge before entering the jungle, Farage was confronted by a camper van filled with snakes.
00:43 And he has been selected by the public, along with YouTuber Nella Rose, to take on the season's first bush tucker trial.
00:50 We asked people in Manchester for their thoughts on politicians taking part in reality TV, and whether they think more people would be tuning in to watch this year.
00:59 "I think it might prompt more people to watch, but he's not a serving MP, so I don't think that's a big thing really. And, you know, he's got a good celebrity profile.
01:11 I don't think politicians serving politicians should be allowed to go onto something that takes them away from the work that they do.
01:22 If it's a TV show that doesn't take them away from the job, then that's acceptable. They're elected to serve the people of the constituency, and that's what they should be doing.
01:33 And nothing should get in the way of that."
01:36 "I think if they're a serving politician and MP, no, because they should be doing the job. They should be working for the constituents.
01:43 But he's not, is he? He's just a bit of a pundit now, so if he wants to go on it and ITV want to pay him, then why not?"
01:51 "We did watch it a bit last night, didn't we? And, yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing a bit more."
01:57 "See how the public punish him."
01:58 "Yes, and his Simon Cowell pants."
02:02 "I'm not bothered one way or the other. I avoid reality shows of all shade and hue. They've never appealed to me.
02:12 I just hope Nigel Farage stays in Australia and doesn't come back.
02:16 Hancock, I'm not bothered. Other celebrities, I've really no interest in reality shows.
02:22 Serving politicians, I don't think, should go on. It should be a full-time job looking after the constituents.
02:28 So I don't know anybody's got time for a second job or disappearing to be on the telly. But Nigel can stay."
02:35 "They do it for the controversy and try and get people arguing in the camp, I would say, conversations and stuff.
02:41 I suppose if they're not serving politicians, you know, people who've retired or left, then they can do what they like.
02:48 But I don't think that people who are actually serving MPs should, because they should be doing the job, not in the jungle."
02:54 "They should show us that they're being serious about what they're doing.
02:58 And to me, that's just not taking things seriously. It's all about being a celeb. And they're not really."
03:05 "I think they're probably there just for their own good."