Matt Hancock saved Celeb SAS co-star from drowning when deadly challenge went wrong
SHAMED MP Matt Hancock saved boyband star Siva Kaneswaran from drowning when one SAS: Who Dares Wins challenge went wrong.
This Sunday viewers will see the celebrities play ‘murder ball’ in a quagmire of mud in the Vietnamese jungle.
It almost ended in disaster when The Wanted singer was choking under a pile-on.
Matt said: “There was one moment when I pulled Siva’s head out of the mud by his hair, because we were in a massive pile.
“I was second to bottom effectively, across him.
“I could see that his face was underwater and he couldn’t get his head up because there were people everywhere.
“So I grabbed the back of his hair and yanked him up so he could breathe.”
Siva commented: “It was horrible.
“You take three steps and the mud takes all your energy out, you’re running in deep sand and then you’ve got to fight against people.
“And then when they take you down, you’re going into muddy water and the mud is going, the mud went up to my eyeballs.
“They just squish you to the bottom. I was scared at one point, I was like, ‘Oh my god, am I going to get out of this?’”
Murder ball sees the recruits form two opposing teams as they try to fling a tyre towards a goal.
Siva added: “I’m not an athlete, I’m not fast.
“I knew that I was against Jermaine Pennant and against all these massive guys.”
Matt chimed in: “There was also sort of tactical chaos as well.
“They told me to be the leader of one of the teams, but of course Gareth Thomas is a former rugby international.
“And Gareth, he was just going for the ball.
“So we lost any kind of strength, it was mad.
“But that was great fun. I mean it was great fun.
“I would do that again tomorrow.
“It was totally exhausting and absolutely brilliant.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins continues on Sunday at 9pm on Channel 4.