August 6th 2023.
Matt Hancock has given us his Ken, whether we wanted it or not. Over the weekend, the 44-year-old former Health Secretary decided to get involved in the hype for the summer's biggest movie, Barbie, by taking to TikTok. The movie, which stars Margot Robbie as the titular iconic doll and Ryan Gosling as her boyfriend/accessory Ken, follows Ken's journey of self-discovery as he struggles to find his place in the world of other Barbies and Kens.
One of the most celebrated moments of the movie is when Gosling breaks out into a full musical number, I'm Just Ken, which has since broken into the UK official charts. Taking a cue from this, the disgraced MP for West Suffolk (who is standing down at the next general election) decided to share his own take on the song.
In a video posted to his TikTok account, we see Hancock walking along the beach at sunset, clad in a white shirt-sleeved shirt, beige shorts and white trainers. He performs a spirited lip-sync to I'm Just Ken, complete with carefully-rehearsed dance moves as he walks along the shore. He even makes a heart sign by placing his thumbs and index fingers together for the line: 'I'm just Ken / Where I see love, she sees a friend.'
The former I'm A Celeb star even had carefully choreographed dance moves, making us wonder if he's eyeing up Strictly Come Dancing after this?! However, sadly for the politician, it seems his attempt at light-hearted content for social media didn't go down well with fans of the movie.
Ryan Gosling's turn as Ken has been heaped in praise, with the song in question even charting too. Fans seemed traumatised more than anything by Hancock's lip-sync, with comments like: 'This is a fever dream,' 'Never thought I'd see this in my life,' 'Not Matt Hancock surely,' and 'I've had Kenough.'
Barbie has been a big success at the box office, officially crossing $1 billion after breaking the record for a movie helmed by a solo female director. It is currently the second biggest film of the year so far, behind The Super Mario Bros Movie, which made $1.35bn.
It's clear that Hancock's lip-sync efforts have had a mixed reception, so what do you think?
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