Suella Braverman's Price for being handcuffed to Katie? £100,000

When Andy Burnham made a brief appearance on Celebrity Gogglebox last month to raise money for a cancer charity, right wing politicians queued up to take potshots at him. Kemi Badenoch said she was “amazed” (and not in a good way) by his appearance, former minister Michelle Donelan claimed he had demeaned the office of the prime minister and Jacob Rees-Mogg labelled him “a pathetic little teenager”.

Remaining oddly quiet, though, were Reform’s MPs, usually quick to jump on any anti-Labour bandwagon. Could it be that they knew one of their own had signed up to star in a much more demeaning reality TV show?

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Former home secretary Suella Braverman, now part of Nigel Farage’s mob, has just updated her entry in the Commons’ Register of Members’ Interests to declare £100,000 from TV producer Fremantle for taking part in a “reality factual programme”. That programme is Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing, a celebrity version of a Channel 4 show in which mismatched pairs are handcuffed together 24 hours a day.

Braverman is set to be chained to full-time celebrity Katie Price, who one might hope is getting £200,000 for the misery of spending time cuffed to the twice-sacked former minister. Other “famous faces” taking part in the show include ex-footballer Neil “Razor” Ruddock, drag performer Bimini, singer Kerry Katona, Made in Chelsea star Mark-Francis Vandelli, socialite Lady Victoria Hervey (also an outspoken supporter of Reform), The Only Way is Essex’s Georgia Harrison and aristocrat Princess Olga Romanov.

Series producer Amy Willetts said: “Bringing together celebrities from wildly different worlds, Celebrity Handcuffed asks what happens when big egos collide.

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“At its heart, it’s a celebration of friendship and tolerance, giving viewers a fresh look and understanding of the famous faces they thought they knew. But for those who crack under the pressure, expect fireworks.” Especially for poor Katie Price!

By the way, the criticism of Burnham from Rees-Mogg – himself often tipped for a move to Reform – is particularly hypocritical. Immediately after losing his North East Somerset seat in the 2024 general election, crackers Jacob appeared in a little-watched and immediately cancelled Discovery+ reality series, Meet The Rees-Moggs which, among other things, revealed that his childhood nanny still irons his y-fronts.