Matt Hancock Gina

Ex-minister explains why he resigned last year after CCTV showed him embracing adviser Gina Coladangelo.

Obviously, I didn’t know about it because even who’s in the office is an important fact and a sensitive piece of information.” The release of the CCTV images “caused a huge amount of pain”, Hancock said: “Anybody knows how difficult it is ending a relationship, and we have six children. And of course, I regret the pain that that’s caused and the very, very, very public nature. “I brought her into the department to help with public communications,” Hancock told the podcast. He added: “It actually happened after … the rules were lifted, but the guidance was still in place. And that’s something that was completely outside of my control.

In a revealing interview, the ex-minister said falling in love with Gina Coladangelo was 'outside of my control' and he regrets pain caused.

But I didn’t want to stand at that podium and give the impression I was blaming the staff.” We didn’t want to say it at the time because we didn’t want to demotivate people. “Being health secretary is not nearly as difficult as worrying about your children in a very public divorce,” he said. And that was just awful.” “And that happened because I fell in love with somebody.” anybody who has been through this knows how difficult it is, how painful it is, doing that in public is incredibly painful.”