Matt Hancock and his new partner Gina Coladangelo have launched a media blitz, with the former health secretary taking part in a ‘heated’ interview with a Dragon’s Den star.
Mr Hancock has been grilled by entrepreneur Steven Bartlett for an episode of his ‘The Diary of a CEO’ podcast.
Mr Bartlett, who appears on the Dragon’s Den TV show as an investor, said on Twitter that Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo had ‘stopped by’ for a tell-all chat.
The host said the interview was ‘a little heated’ but Mr Hancock ‘did answer all of the tough questions I asked him and nothing will be edited out’.
Mr Hancock was forced to quit the Cabinet last year after CCTV from his Whitehall office was leaked which showed him kissing his married aide in breach of Covid social-distancing guidance. The pair continued dating after their affair was exposed.
Matt Hancock is set to appear on ‘The Diary of a CEO’ podcast hosted by the entrepreneur Steven Bartlett
Mr Bartlett, who appears on the Dragen’s Den show as an investor, said on Twitter that Mr Hancock and Gina Coladangelo had ‘stopped by’ for a chat
The host said the interview was ‘a little heated’ but Mr Hancock ‘did answer all of the tough questions I asked him and nothing will be edited out’
Mr Bartlett tweeted this morning to reveal he had interviewed Mr Hancock.
He said: ‘Matt Hancock x The Diary Of A CEO! Matt Hancock stopped by with his new partner Gina to speak to me.
‘It’s time to find out what really happened, it’s time to ask the questions we’ve not had answers to; Party gate? Where did the CCTV footage come from? What mistakes did he make?’
He added: ‘This is the first time in the history of The Diary Of A CEO that things got a little heated between me and a guest at one point.
‘However, Matt did answer all of the tough questions I asked him and nothing will be edited out. You will see it all.’
Mr Bartlett also tweeted pictures of Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo at the interview, with the former health secretary wearing blue jeans and a navy turtle neck jumper.
It is currently unclear when Mr Hancock’s appearance on the podcast will be released.
The podcast interview comes after Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo were pictured together at the Brit Awards in London earlier this month.
One reveller told The Sun that Mr Hancock had been mobbed by spectators and was ‘treated like some sort of rock God’.
They said the couple were ‘kissing quite a bit, and are clearly pretty smitten with one another’.
Mr Hancock and Ms Coladangelo were pictured together last September as they headed out for dinner with friends during a romantic getaway to the Swiss Alps.
The couple stayed at a £87-a-night hotel tucked away in the mountains in the village of Villars-sur-Ollon, near Montreux.
Mr Hancock found himself in hot water in January this year after stripping off for a bracing winter swim in Hyde Park’s Serpentine lake
The 43-year-old braved London’s sub-zero temperatures for a plunge after a jog with the Parliamentary Running Club
He was joined in the water by former Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland and Lord Bethell, who was a junior health minister under him when in government
Mr Hancock returned to the Tory backbenches after resigning from the Government last year.
He is currently campaigning to introduce a Dyslexia Screening Bill which would ensure that all pupils are screened for dyslexia at primary school.
He is also urging the Government to look at how the UK ‘can be the home of new innovations such as FinTech and Cryptocurrency post-Brexit’.
Mr Hancock found himself in hot water in January this year after stripping off for a bracing winter swim in Hyde Park’s Serpentine lake.
The 43-year-old braved the water after a jog with the Parliamentary Running Club.
But the al fresco lengths riled local swimmers because early morning access to the lake is strictly for members only.