Matt Hancock has been pictured holding hands with his lover Gina Coladangelo on an early morning stroll just days after he publicly apologised for his rule-breaking affair and admitting the pair’s infamous kiss was ‘a failure of leadership’.
The pair made a rare public appearance as they were seen snuggling together while walking through London together.
He was seen in an intimate clinch with Ms Coladangelo (married aide, millionaire lobbyist) in the Whitehall office. It marked his departure from ministry and his 15-year-long marriage to Martha.
Mr Hancock lost his job when it emerged they were seeing each other despite her being his £15,000-a-year aide and them breaking social distancing rules that he had himself created.
Reports in media suggested that he left Martha, his 44-year-old wife, in order to have a long-term relationship with Ms Coladangelo who had married Oliver Bonas founder Oliver Tressas.
But it comes just days after Mr Hancock made yet another public appearance after months in the political wilderness on ITV’s Peston – where he made a third grovelling apology for his conduct but failed to directly mention his wife Martha by name.
Matt Hancock, ex-Health Secretary and disgraced lover Gina Coladangelo make a rare public appearance as they walk together in London’s early morning.
Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo were pictured hand in hand on a Saturday morning walk through London.
As they braved the cold Saturday morning, Mr Hancock and Mrs Coladangelo were warmly wrapped in winter jackets.
After Ms Coladangelo was pictured with Mr Hancock on romantic vacations to Croatia and the Swiss Alps, this is their second marriage.
Speaking to ITV political editor Robert Peston on his show last week, Mr Hancock said: ‘Well, as you can imagine, the first thing that I focused on was my personal life, and then I focused on my professional responsibilities, and I decided that I had to resign.
“I’d blown up all of my lives and concentrated only on my personal, as I can imagine. This was the right decision.
After he was found kissing Martha Coladangelo in his private office and violating his social distancing guidelines, the Tory MP exposed his cheating.
Mr Hancock attempted to weather the political storm over his violations of Covid-19 and marital infidelity, but was forced to resign.
Mr Hancock lost his job when it emerged they were secretly seeing each other, despite her being his £15,000-a-year aide and them breaking social distancing rules that he had himself created
They were pictured together enjoying romantic getaways in Croatia and Switzerland earlier in the year.
Following a CCTV video showing Mr Hancock kissing Gina Coladangelo in his ministerial offices, Mr Hancock was made to resign.
Asking Mr Hancock on Peston if Boris Johnson surprised him not to sack Boris Johnson, he said that he wasn’t going into details about the conversation he had with the Prime Minster.
“I took the decision” [to resign]It was a right decision. It was a wrong decision. “I let many people down, and I am sorry for the hurt I caused.”
Hancock stated that he’s not in any hurry to get back to Government.
He stated, “I think it’s actually fun to be on the backbenches. It is an important job.
Martha Hancock is the wife of Matt Hancock (Britain’s Health Secretary) and arrives at her London home after their separation.
“I believe contributions from people who were there in the heat… Theresa May’s contributions as a former Prime Minster. It would be a great honor to make such a contribution.[then I will be pleased].’
They met as students at Oxford University. After marrying in 2006, the Hancocks had been living together with their daughter (14), and their two boys, 13 and 8, in London until Mr Hancock was caught cheating.
The jaw-dropping footage was taken on May 6 – less than a fortnight before the Government relaxed safety rules including giving permission to hug.
Father-of-3 ended 15 years of marriage to Martha. He has been in a long-term relationship with Ms Coladangelo. She was a friend from university and also had three children.
Since their Oxford University days, the pair have been photographed together in public events for almost two years. The most recent image is from September 2019, at which time they attended the Conservative Party Conference.
Hancock, in his resignation letter addressed to the Prime Minster, stated that ministers “owe it so people who have sacrificed such a lot in this pandemic be honest with them when we have let them back”.
After he was captured on CCTV cheating with his wife, Matt Hancock admitted that he’d ‘blown everything up in my life’.
In June, the Tory MP was caught on camera kissing Martha Coladangelo.
Following the CCTV footage’s release, Hancock confirmed that he had resigned and stated that he would’reiterate the apology for violating the guidance’.
He stated that he did not want his private life distracting from the one-minded focus on this crisis.
I want to apologize again for violating the guideline and to express my regret to my family members and friends for this. This is a time when I need to be there for my kids.